diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b134120..03975d04 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1315,17 +1315,19 @@
 {
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	int trace = 0;
-	long pid = alloc_pidmap();
+	struct pid *pid = alloc_pid();
+	long nr;
 
-	if (pid < 0)
+	if (!pid)
 		return -EAGAIN;
+	nr = pid->nr;
 	if (unlikely(current->ptrace)) {
 		trace = fork_traceflag (clone_flags);
 		if (trace)
 			clone_flags |= CLONE_PTRACE;
 	}
 
-	p = copy_process(clone_flags, stack_start, regs, stack_size, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr, pid);
+	p = copy_process(clone_flags, stack_start, regs, stack_size, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr, nr);
 	/*
 	 * Do this prior waking up the new thread - the thread pointer
 	 * might get invalid after that point, if the thread exits quickly.
@@ -1352,7 +1354,7 @@
 			p->state = TASK_STOPPED;
 
 		if (unlikely (trace)) {
-			current->ptrace_message = pid;
+			current->ptrace_message = nr;
 			ptrace_notify ((trace << 8) | SIGTRAP);
 		}
 
@@ -1362,10 +1364,10 @@
 				ptrace_notify ((PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK_DONE << 8) | SIGTRAP);
 		}
 	} else {
-		free_pidmap(pid);
-		pid = PTR_ERR(p);
+		free_pid(pid);
+		nr = PTR_ERR(p);
 	}
-	return pid;
+	return nr;
 }
 
 #ifndef ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN