diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 36c4986c441c..74da41c857fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 61eadef6a9bde9ea62fda724a9cb501ce9bc925a
+refs/heads/master: db44fc017d5989302713ab4e7f9e922b648f4b59
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched.c b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
index b8b9a7dac9b0..70bec4f1edbb 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5946,13 +5946,15 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 
 	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
 
+	if (cpumask_equal(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(new_mask, cpu_active_mask)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely((p->flags & PF_THREAD_BOUND) && p != current &&
-		     !cpumask_equal(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask))) {
+	if (unlikely((p->flags & PF_THREAD_BOUND) && p != current)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}