diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 01ebbdb0a16b..ec7d5513fe46 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4501980aae221ed8120dee3491f799ecd75187ad
+refs/heads/master: b60f796c4ca72545327a069f12938360d833cce7
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/watchdog.c b/trunk/kernel/watchdog.c
index a01cb03b045a..df30ee08bdd4 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ static int watchdog(void *unused)
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Drop the policy/priority elevation during thread exit to avoid a
+	 * scheduling latency spike.
+	 */
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
 	return 0;