diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 86b9dcb18576..400ec3440aeb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cb3e0fe3a5dabdc5eda50b825acb23bdfa2d1d55
+refs/heads/master: f8986c241dfd54d51c9eff967129a550ae230144
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched.c b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
index a2be2d055299..a234fbee1238 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4162,10 +4162,8 @@ do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param)
 		read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 		return -ESRCH;
 	}
-	get_task_struct(p);
-	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam);
-	put_task_struct(p);
+	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	return retval;
 }