diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2a2b29f725ff..0fb612ced391 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7813b94a54987571082ff19e9d87eabbfec23b4e
+refs/heads/master: 3295514841c2112d94451ba5deaf54f5afb78ea9
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/cred.h b/trunk/include/linux/cred.h
index 48e82af1159b..98f46efbe2d2 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -265,10 +265,11 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
 /**
  * current_cred - Access the current task's subjective credentials
  *
- * Access the subjective credentials of the current task.
+ * Access the subjective credentials of the current task.  RCU-safe,
+ * since nobody else can modify it.
  */
 #define current_cred() \
-	(current->cred)
+	(*(__force struct cred **)&current->cred)
 
 /**
  * __task_cred - Access a task's objective credentials
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
 ({							\
 	struct user_struct *__u;			\
 	struct cred *__cred;				\
-	__cred = (struct cred *) current_cred();	\
+	__cred = current_cred();			\
 	__u = get_uid(__cred->user);			\
 	__u;						\
 })
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
 ({							\
 	struct group_info *__groups;			\
 	struct cred *__cred;				\
-	__cred = (struct cred *) current_cred();	\
+	__cred = current_cred();			\
 	__groups = get_group_info(__cred->group_info);	\
 	__groups;					\
 })
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ static inline void put_cred(const struct cred *_cred)
 
 #define current_cred_xxx(xxx)			\
 ({						\
-	current->cred->xxx;			\
+	current_cred()->xxx;			\
 })
 
 #define current_uid()		(current_cred_xxx(uid))