diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index beff0cfcd1e8..05d2176cc471 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1003,12 +1003,14 @@ static inline void __pipelined_op(struct wake_q_head *wake_q,
 				  struct mqueue_inode_info *info,
 				  struct ext_wait_queue *this)
 {
+	struct task_struct *task;
+
 	list_del(&this->list);
-	get_task_struct(this->task);
+	task = get_task_struct(this->task);
 
 	/* see MQ_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */
 	smp_store_release(&this->state, STATE_READY);
-	wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, this->task);
+	wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, task);
 }
 
 /* pipelined_send() - send a message directly to the task waiting in
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index acd1bc7af55a..6e6c8e0c9380 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -251,11 +251,13 @@ static void expunge_all(struct msg_queue *msq, int res,
 	struct msg_receiver *msr, *t;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(msr, t, &msq->q_receivers, r_list) {
-		get_task_struct(msr->r_tsk);
+		struct task_struct *r_tsk;
+
+		r_tsk = get_task_struct(msr->r_tsk);
 
 		/* see MSG_BARRIER for purpose/pairing */
 		smp_store_release(&msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(res));
-		wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);
+		wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, r_tsk);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index f6c30a85dadf..7d9c06b0ad6e 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -784,12 +784,14 @@ static int perform_atomic_semop(struct sem_array *sma, struct sem_queue *q)
 static inline void wake_up_sem_queue_prepare(struct sem_queue *q, int error,
 					     struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
 {
-	get_task_struct(q->sleeper);
+	struct task_struct *sleeper;
+
+	sleeper = get_task_struct(q->sleeper);
 
 	/* see SEM_BARRIER_2 for purpuse/pairing */
 	smp_store_release(&q->status, error);
 
-	wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, q->sleeper);
+	wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, sleeper);
 }
 
 static void unlink_queue(struct sem_array *sma, struct sem_queue *q)