diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 52a749691a8d..7dfabd8a04a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #include "gt/intel_engine_user.h"
 #include "gt/intel_ring.h"
 
+#include "i915_drm_client.h"
 #include "i915_gem_context.h"
 #include "i915_globals.h"
 #include "i915_trace.h"
@@ -2092,6 +2093,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(dev);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext *args = data;
+	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
 	struct create_ext ext_data;
 	int ret;
 	u32 id;
@@ -2106,7 +2108,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ext_data.fpriv = file->driver_priv;
+	ext_data.fpriv = file_priv;
 	if (client_is_banned(ext_data.fpriv)) {
 		drm_dbg(&i915->drm,
 			"client %s[%d] banned from creating ctx\n",
@@ -2114,6 +2116,10 @@ int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	ret = i915_drm_client_update(file_priv->client, current);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ext_data.ctx = i915_gem_create_context(i915, args->flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(ext_data.ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(ext_data.ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c
index f97989329df5..770094ef2e67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#include <drm/drm_print.h>
+
+#include "i915_drv.h"
 #include "i915_drm_client.h"
 #include "i915_gem.h"
 #include "i915_utils.h"
@@ -17,10 +20,15 @@ show_client_name(struct device *kdev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct i915_drm_client *client =
 		container_of(attr, typeof(*client), attr.name);
+	int ret;
 
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-			client->closed ? "<%s>" : "%s",
-			client->name);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ret = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
+		       client->closed ? "<%s>" : "%s",
+		       rcu_dereference(client->name));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -28,10 +36,15 @@ show_client_pid(struct device *kdev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct i915_drm_client *client =
 		container_of(attr, typeof(*client), attr.pid);
+	int ret;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ret = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
+		       client->closed ? "<%u>" : "%u",
+		       pid_nr(rcu_dereference(client->pid)));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-			client->closed ? "<%u>" : "%u",
-			pid_nr(client->pid));
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -42,12 +55,14 @@ __i915_drm_client_register(struct i915_drm_client *client,
 	struct device_attribute *attr;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	char idstr[32];
+	char *name;
 
-	client->pid = get_task_pid(task, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(client->pid, get_task_pid(task, PIDTYPE_PID));
 
-	client->name = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!client->name)
+	name = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
 		goto err_name;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(client->name, name);
 
 	if (!clients->root)
 		return 0; /* intel_fbdev_init registers a client before sysfs */
@@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ __i915_drm_client_register(struct i915_drm_client *client,
 err_attr:
 	kobject_put(client->root);
 err_client:
-	kfree(client->name);
+	kfree(name);
 err_name:
 	put_pid(client->pid);
 
@@ -92,8 +107,8 @@ __i915_drm_client_register(struct i915_drm_client *client,
 static void
 __i915_drm_client_unregister(struct i915_drm_client *client)
 {
-	put_pid(fetch_and_zero(&client->pid));
-	kfree(fetch_and_zero(&client->name));
+	put_pid(rcu_replace_pointer(client->pid, NULL, true));
+	kfree(rcu_replace_pointer(client->name, NULL, true));
 
 	if (!client->root)
 		return; /* fbdev client or error during drm open */
@@ -113,6 +128,7 @@ i915_drm_client_add(struct i915_drm_clients *clients, struct task_struct *task)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	kref_init(&client->kref);
+	mutex_init(&client->update_lock);
 	client->clients = clients;
 
 	ret = xa_alloc_cyclic(&clients->xarray, &client->id, client,
@@ -150,3 +166,73 @@ void i915_drm_client_close(struct i915_drm_client *client)
 	client->closed = true;
 	i915_drm_client_put(client);
 }
+
+struct client_update_free
+{
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	struct pid *pid;
+	char *name;
+};
+
+static void __client_update_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	struct client_update_free *old = container_of(rcu, typeof(*old), rcu);
+
+	put_pid(old->pid);
+	kfree(old->name);
+	kfree(old);
+}
+
+int
+i915_drm_client_update(struct i915_drm_client *client,
+		       struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 =
+		container_of(client->clients, typeof(*i915), clients);
+	struct client_update_free *old;
+	struct pid *pid;
+	char *name;
+	int ret;
+
+	old = kmalloc(sizeof(*old), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!old)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&client->update_lock);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	pid = get_task_pid(task, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	if (!pid)
+		goto out_pid;
+	if (pid == client->pid)
+		goto out_name;
+
+	name = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name) {
+		drm_notice(&i915->drm,
+			   "Failed to update client id=%u,name=%s,pid=%u! (%d)\n",
+			   client->id, client->name, pid_nr(client->pid), ret);
+		goto out_name;
+	}
+
+	init_rcu_head(&old->rcu);
+
+	old->pid = rcu_replace_pointer(client->pid, pid, true);
+	old->name = rcu_replace_pointer(client->name, name, true);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&client->update_lock);
+
+	call_rcu(&old->rcu, __client_update_free);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_name:
+	put_pid(pid);
+out_pid:
+	mutex_unlock(&client->update_lock);
+out_free:
+	kfree(old);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h
index 8b261dc4a1f3..a9d4d7396e43 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ struct i915_drm_client {
 
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 
+	struct mutex update_lock;
+
 	unsigned int id;
-	struct pid *pid;
-	char *name;
+	struct pid __rcu *pid;
+	char __rcu *name;
 	bool closed;
 
 	struct i915_drm_clients *clients;
@@ -58,4 +61,7 @@ void i915_drm_client_close(struct i915_drm_client *client);
 struct i915_drm_client *i915_drm_client_add(struct i915_drm_clients *clients,
 					    struct task_struct *task);
 
+int i915_drm_client_update(struct i915_drm_client *client,
+			   struct task_struct *task);
+
 #endif /* !__I915_DRM_CLIENT_H__ */
