diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 1906723af389360229da386aa8c2f64011e411db..9bdca69f754cd3b36885f679fdaccdd8f81e764d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static void send_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev,
 	e->event.tv_sec = now->tv_sec;
 	e->event.tv_usec = now->tv_usec;
 
-	trace_drm_vblank_event_delivered(e->base.pid, e->pipe,
+	trace_drm_vblank_event_delivered(e->base.file_priv, e->pipe,
 					 e->event.sequence);
 
 	drm_send_event_locked(dev, &e->base);
@@ -1505,7 +1505,6 @@ static int drm_queue_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
 	}
 
 	e->pipe = pipe;
-	e->base.pid = current->pid;
 	e->event.base.type = DRM_EVENT_VBLANK;
 	e->event.base.length = sizeof(e->event);
 	e->event.user_data = vblwait->request.signal;
@@ -1534,7 +1533,7 @@ static int drm_queue_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
 	DRM_DEBUG("event on vblank count %u, current %u, crtc %u\n",
 		  vblwait->request.sequence, seq, pipe);
 
-	trace_drm_vblank_event_queued(current->pid, pipe,
+	trace_drm_vblank_event_queued(file_priv, pipe,
 				      vblwait->request.sequence);
 
 	e->event.sequence = vblwait->request.sequence;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_trace.h
index ce3c42813fbbf4c917ba6e8f09de6e61fe83688a..14c5a777682e54b236e257e85c9f5699ea62e12d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_trace.h
@@ -24,36 +24,36 @@ TRACE_EVENT(drm_vblank_event,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(drm_vblank_event_queued,
-	    TP_PROTO(pid_t pid, int crtc, unsigned int seq),
-	    TP_ARGS(pid, crtc, seq),
+	    TP_PROTO(struct drm_file *file, int crtc, unsigned int seq),
+	    TP_ARGS(file, crtc, seq),
 	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		    __field(pid_t, pid)
+		    __field(struct drm_file *, file)
 		    __field(int, crtc)
 		    __field(unsigned int, seq)
 		    ),
 	    TP_fast_assign(
-		    __entry->pid = pid;
+		    __entry->file = file;
 		    __entry->crtc = crtc;
 		    __entry->seq = seq;
 		    ),
-	    TP_printk("pid=%d, crtc=%d, seq=%u", __entry->pid, __entry->crtc, \
+	    TP_printk("file=%p, crtc=%d, seq=%u", __entry->file, __entry->crtc, \
 		      __entry->seq)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(drm_vblank_event_delivered,
-	    TP_PROTO(pid_t pid, int crtc, unsigned int seq),
-	    TP_ARGS(pid, crtc, seq),
+	    TP_PROTO(struct drm_file *file, int crtc, unsigned int seq),
+	    TP_ARGS(file, crtc, seq),
 	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		    __field(pid_t, pid)
+		    __field(struct drm_file *, file)
 		    __field(int, crtc)
 		    __field(unsigned int, seq)
 		    ),
 	    TP_fast_assign(
-		    __entry->pid = pid;
+		    __entry->file = file;
 		    __entry->crtc = crtc;
 		    __entry->seq = seq;
 		    ),
-	    TP_printk("pid=%d, crtc=%d, seq=%u", __entry->pid, __entry->crtc, \
+	    TP_printk("file=%p, crtc=%d, seq=%u", __entry->file, __entry->crtc, \
 		      __entry->seq)
 );
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
index afbdbed1a6901e0e1e20649840158a2f6606a780..9dc10b17ad34f24f204c556cace3c36eec4ae1ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ usif_notify_get(struct drm_file *f, void *data, u32 size, void *argv, u32 argc)
 		goto done;
 	ntfy->p->base.event = &ntfy->p->e.base;
 	ntfy->p->base.file_priv = f;
-	ntfy->p->base.pid = current->pid;
 	ntfy->p->e.base.type = DRM_NOUVEAU_EVENT_NVIF;
 	ntfy->p->e.base.length = sizeof(ntfy->p->e.base) + ntfy->reply;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
index d1a25cc17fd16a40277fee1d373e57dc1810b246..4e347399a7bdaead1075b51ff03ec1e7f3cf3a3a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ struct drm_pending_event {
 	struct list_head link;
 	struct list_head pending_link;
 	struct drm_file *file_priv;
-	pid_t pid; /* pid of requester, no guarantee it's valid by the time
-		      we deliver the event, for tracing only */
 };
 
 /** File private data */