diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0cf12a358b4f..5ea0ea969911 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f4985dc714d7ab1920c5aa502b7f4073fa1b4177
+refs/heads/master: 7a0ea09ad5352efce8fe79ed853150449903b9f5
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/futex.c b/trunk/kernel/futex.c
index e7a35f1039e7..6a3a5fa1526d 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/futex.c
@@ -429,20 +429,11 @@ static void free_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
 static struct task_struct * futex_find_get_task(pid_t pid)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-	if (!p) {
-		p = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-	} else {
-		pcred = __task_cred(p);
-		if (cred->euid != pcred->euid &&
-		    cred->euid != pcred->uid)
-			p = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-		else
-			get_task_struct(p);
-	}
+	if (p)
+		get_task_struct(p);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -564,8 +555,8 @@ lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 	if (!pid)
 		return -ESRCH;
 	p = futex_find_get_task(pid);
-	if (IS_ERR(p))
-		return PTR_ERR(p);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to look at the task state flags to figure out,