diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 694641aa656b..b0bcfce2a1e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -341,13 +341,14 @@ void i915_gem_context_release(struct kref *ref)
 	trace_i915_context_free(ctx);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_context_is_closed(ctx));
 
-	mutex_destroy(&ctx->engines_mutex);
-	mutex_destroy(&ctx->lut_mutex);
+	if (ctx->client)
+		i915_drm_client_put(ctx->client);
 
 	if (ctx->timeline)
 		intel_timeline_put(ctx->timeline);
 
-	put_pid(ctx->pid);
+	mutex_destroy(&ctx->engines_mutex);
+	mutex_destroy(&ctx->lut_mutex);
 	mutex_destroy(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	kfree_rcu(ctx, rcu);
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ static int gem_context_register(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 				u32 *id)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
+	struct i915_drm_client *client;
 	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -889,15 +891,21 @@ static int gem_context_register(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		WRITE_ONCE(vm->file, fpriv); /* XXX */
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
-	ctx->pid = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	client = i915_drm_client_get(fpriv->client);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	snprintf(ctx->name, sizeof(ctx->name), "%s[%d]",
-		 current->comm, pid_nr(ctx->pid));
+		 rcu_dereference(client->name)->name,
+		 pid_nr(rcu_dereference(client->name)->pid));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* And finally expose ourselves to userspace via the idr */
 	ret = xa_alloc(&fpriv->context_xa, id, ctx, xa_limit_32b, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_pid;
 
+	ctx->client = client;
+
 	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 	list_add_tail(&ctx->link, &i915->gem.contexts.list);
 	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
@@ -905,7 +913,7 @@ static int gem_context_register(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	return 0;
 
 err_pid:
-	put_pid(fetch_and_zero(&ctx->pid));
+	i915_drm_client_put(client);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
index 1449f54924e0..c47bb45d2110 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
@@ -96,19 +96,12 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 	 */
 	struct i915_address_space __rcu *vm;
 
-	/**
-	 * @pid: process id of creator
-	 *
-	 * Note that who created the context may not be the principle user,
-	 * as the context may be shared across a local socket. However,
-	 * that should only affect the default context, all contexts created
-	 * explicitly by the client are expected to be isolated.
-	 */
-	struct pid *pid;
-
 	/** link: place with &drm_i915_private.context_list */
 	struct list_head link;
 
+	/** client: struct i915_drm_client */
+	struct i915_drm_client *client;
+
 	/**
 	 * @ref: reference count
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index f29487ea4528..289ee65b669a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -333,17 +333,15 @@ static void print_context_stats(struct seq_file *m,
 				.vm = rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm),
 			};
 			struct drm_file *file = ctx->file_priv->file;
-			struct task_struct *task;
 			char name[80];
 
 			rcu_read_lock();
+
 			idr_for_each(&file->object_idr, per_file_stats, &stats);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
 
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			task = pid_task(ctx->pid ?: file->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 			snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s",
-				 task ? task->comm : "<unknown>");
+				 rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->name);
+
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 
 			print_file_stats(m, name, stats);
@@ -1075,20 +1073,13 @@ static int i915_context_status(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 		spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 
 		seq_puts(m, "HW context ");
-		if (ctx->pid) {
-			struct task_struct *task;
-
-			task = get_pid_task(ctx->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-			if (task) {
-				seq_printf(m, "(%s [%d]) ",
-					   task->comm, task->pid);
-				put_task_struct(task);
-			}
-		} else if (IS_ERR(ctx->file_priv)) {
-			seq_puts(m, "(deleted) ");
-		} else {
-			seq_puts(m, "(kernel) ");
-		}
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		seq_printf(m, "(%s [%d]) %s",
+			   rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->name,
+			   pid_nr(rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->pid),
+			   ctx->client->closed ? "(closed) " : "");
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		seq_putc(m, ctx->remap_slice ? 'R' : 'r');
 		seq_putc(m, '\n');
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index d8cac4c5881f..e38dab8d2fed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,9 @@ static void record_request(const struct i915_request *request,
 
 		ctx = rcu_dereference(request->context->gem_context);
 		if (ctx)
-			erq->pid = pid_nr(ctx->pid);
+			erq->pid = I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(!ctx->client) ?
+				   0 :
+				   pid_nr(rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->pid);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -1259,23 +1261,25 @@ static bool record_context(struct i915_gem_context_coredump *e,
 			   const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	struct task_struct *task;
 	bool simulated;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+
 	ctx = rcu_dereference(rq->context->gem_context);
 	if (ctx && !kref_get_unless_zero(&ctx->ref))
 		ctx = NULL;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	if (!ctx)
+	if (!ctx) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return true;
+	}
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	task = pid_task(ctx->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
-	if (task) {
-		strcpy(e->comm, task->comm);
-		e->pid = task->pid;
+	if (I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(!ctx->client)) {
+		strcpy(e->comm, "[kernel]");
+	} else {
+		strcpy(e->comm, rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->name);
+		e->pid = pid_nr(rcu_dereference(ctx->client->name)->pid);
 	}
+
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	e->sched_attr = ctx->sched;
