diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 9b45ee84fbccd584144fd942ffe8fcca34c47b50..3a1dafd228d14c5e11b142084305e8b60161f84c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static inline void task_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 		task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent), ns) : 0;
 	tpid = 0;
 	if (pid_alive(p)) {
-		struct task_struct *tracer = tracehook_tracer_task(p);
+		struct task_struct *tracer = ptrace_parent(p);
 		if (tracer)
 			tpid = task_pid_nr_ns(tracer, ns);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 14def991d9dd1cc1ac18faa981f135f138ebb13b..c883dad74b9aef5fa4792cfa3982abf2c1e1d289 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *__check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
 	if (task_is_stopped_or_traced(task)) {
 		int match;
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		match = (tracehook_tracer_task(task) == current);
+		match = (ptrace_parent(task) == current);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (match && ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH))
 			return mm;
diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index b546fd6c35068528fc142ea3d155376477a7ef8e..bb157bdd0c55d20ce71d3c66c89e74126b1f6605 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -150,6 +150,24 @@ int generic_ptrace_peekdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
 int generic_ptrace_pokedata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long data);
 
+/**
+ * ptrace_parent - return the task that is tracing the given task
+ * @task: task to consider
+ *
+ * Returns %NULL if no one is tracing @task, or the &struct task_struct
+ * pointer to its tracer.
+ *
+ * Must called under rcu_read_lock().  The pointer returned might be kept
+ * live only by RCU.  During exec, this may be called with task_lock() held
+ * on @task, still held from when check_unsafe_exec() was called.
+ */
+static inline struct task_struct *ptrace_parent(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	if (unlikely(task->ptrace))
+		return rcu_dereference(task->parent);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * ptrace_event_enabled - test whether a ptrace event is enabled
  * @task: ptracee of interest
diff --git a/include/linux/tracehook.h b/include/linux/tracehook.h
index bcc4ca762aee55cb0a966465895e76d0c9de4c9c..7a1bd12aeffae53aae2ced2085a0b016bab7bce0 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -129,24 +129,6 @@ static inline void tracehook_report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, int step)
 	ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
 }
 
-/**
- * tracehook_tracer_task - return the task that is tracing the given task
- * @tsk:		task to consider
- *
- * Returns NULL if no one is tracing @task, or the &struct task_struct
- * pointer to its tracer.
- *
- * Must called under rcu_read_lock().  The pointer returned might be kept
- * live only by RCU.  During exec, this may be called with task_lock()
- * held on @task, still held from when tracehook_unsafe_exec() was called.
- */
-static inline struct task_struct *tracehook_tracer_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	if (tsk->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
-		return rcu_dereference(tsk->parent);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /**
  * tracehook_signal_handler - signal handler setup is complete
  * @sig:		number of signal being delivered
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index c825c6e0b636ee985283d3d4a077deaa24343808..7312bf9f7afcb6e6c8f96b68d600b0675f2ee146 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int may_change_ptraced_domain(struct task_struct *task,
 	int error = 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	tracer = tracehook_tracer_task(task);
+	tracer = ptrace_parent(task);
 	if (tracer) {
 		/* released below */
 		cred = get_task_cred(tracer);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a0d38459d650af32fe844ca18d4b5ff5ad03be98..fc07d18ed6fc7819c3d2c2fa12e7c1fe59ec6222 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ static int selinux_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			u32 ptsid = 0;
 
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			tracer = tracehook_tracer_task(current);
+			tracer = ptrace_parent(current);
 			if (likely(tracer != NULL)) {
 				sec = __task_cred(tracer)->security;
 				ptsid = sec->sid;
@@ -5314,7 +5314,7 @@ static int selinux_setprocattr(struct task_struct *p,
 		   Otherwise, leave SID unchanged and fail. */
 		ptsid = 0;
 		task_lock(p);
-		tracer = tracehook_tracer_task(p);
+		tracer = ptrace_parent(p);
 		if (tracer)
 			ptsid = task_sid(tracer);
 		task_unlock(p);