diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8661e4c57f72..052471531dc6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6672f76a5a1878d42264c1deba8f1ab52b4618d9
+refs/heads/master: b73a7e76c1eeaa770a41554698917c3c45686a07
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
index 11c584cd16b3..49cc4b9c1a8d 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
 	/* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
 
+	/*
+	 * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
+	 * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
+	 */
+	set_user_nice(current, 0);
+
 	retval = -EPERM;
 	if (current->fs->root)
 		retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,