diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b47c94e7560b..722dd313bf8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1489,6 +1489,11 @@ static inline struct pid *task_tgid(struct task_struct *task)
 	return task->group_leader->pids[PIDTYPE_PID].pid;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Without tasklist or rcu lock it is not safe to dereference
+ * the result of task_pgrp/task_session even if task == current,
+ * we can race with another thread doing sys_setsid/sys_setpgid.
+ */
 static inline struct pid *task_pgrp(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return task->group_leader->pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].pid;