diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index d53246863cfb..d8b5a1653444 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -388,14 +388,17 @@ static int proc_pid_wchan(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	unsigned long wchan;
 	char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
 
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
+		goto print0;
+
 	wchan = get_wchan(task);
-
-	if (wchan && ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS)
-			&& !lookup_symbol_name(wchan, symname))
+	if (wchan && !lookup_symbol_name(wchan, symname)) {
 		seq_printf(m, "%s", symname);
-	else
-		seq_putc(m, '0');
+		return 0;
+	}
 
+print0:
+	seq_putc(m, '0');
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KALLSYMS */