diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 96ec6226e4ab..95519bc959ed 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ int kvm_vcpu_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *target)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	pid = rcu_dereference(target->pid);
 	if (pid)
-		task = get_pid_task(target->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+		task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!task)
 		return ret;