diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 592bad342f86..1a6d1c1c1ef9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2f215a7d6d1d8ed0bbdda4fc4f7d64e3a1d46acc
+refs/heads/master: aa5bd67dcfdf9af34c7fa36ebc87d4e1f7e91873
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sys.c b/trunk/kernel/sys.c
index 31b71a276b40..18da702ec813 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,8 @@ static int check_prlimit_permission(struct task_struct *task)
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
 
 	tcred = __task_cred(task);
-	if ((cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
+	if (current != task &&
+	    (cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
 	     cred->uid != tcred->suid ||
 	     cred->uid != tcred->uid  ||
 	     cred->gid != tcred->egid ||