diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 13d68991fc7bb..50d02e3103a57 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2350,10 +2350,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 		goto bad_fork_cancel_cgroup;
 	}
 
-	/* past the last point of failure */
-	if (pidfile)
-		fd_install(pidfd, pidfile);
-
 	init_task_pid_links(p);
 	if (likely(p->pid)) {
 		ptrace_init_task(p, (clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE) || trace);
@@ -2402,6 +2398,9 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	syscall_tracepoint_update(p);
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
+	if (pidfile)
+		fd_install(pidfd, pidfile);
+
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	sched_post_fork(p, args);
 	cgroup_post_fork(p, args);