diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2459ae1ff2d2..2c7108a235c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 36b2528dc1819dc783f69917ac20e66a678b3479
+refs/heads/master: 339aa62469f65daf38a01d6c098b5f3ff8016653
diff --git a/trunk/mm/ksm.c b/trunk/mm/ksm.c
index 0113f15ff43b..cf072c54df32 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ static void ksm_do_scan(unsigned int scan_npages)
 
 static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
 {
-	set_user_nice(current, 0);
+	set_user_nice(current, 5);
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		if (ksm_run & KSM_RUN_MERGE) {