diff --git a/drivers/misc/uid_sys_stats.c b/drivers/misc/uid_sys_stats.c
index 88dc1cd3a204..49974954d4f0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/uid_sys_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/uid_sys_stats.c
@@ -358,9 +358,12 @@ static int uid_cputime_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 				__func__, uid);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		task_cputime_adjusted(task, &utime, &stime);
-		uid_entry->active_utime += utime;
-		uid_entry->active_stime += stime;
+		/* avoid double accounting of dying threads */
+		if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+			task_cputime_adjusted(task, &utime, &stime);
+			uid_entry->active_utime += utime;
+			uid_entry->active_stime += stime;
+		}
 	} while_each_thread(temp, task);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -453,6 +456,10 @@ static void add_uid_io_stats(struct uid_entry *uid_entry,
 {
 	struct io_stats *io_slot = &uid_entry->io[slot];
 
+	/* avoid double accounting of dying threads */
+	if (slot != UID_STATE_DEAD_TASKS && (task->flags & PF_EXITING))
+		return;
+
 	io_slot->read_bytes += task->ioac.read_bytes;
 	io_slot->write_bytes += compute_write_bytes(task);
 	io_slot->rchar += task->ioac.rchar;