diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b4b7c24d7e3f..c5c80dc7e232 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a1583d3e83cae1c58870602efc6328c34b644c01
+refs/heads/master: e74c69f46d93d29eea0ad8647863d1c6488f0f55
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched.c b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
index 08431f07a999..7a30addfd235 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4091,8 +4091,10 @@ do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param)
 		read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 		return -ESRCH;
 	}
-	retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam);
+	get_task_struct(p);
 	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam);
+	put_task_struct(p);
 	return retval;
 }