diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 230632b7669e..31ca7b3370fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 25034d7a83cf77667f3d65822484b305d4be6b25
+refs/heads/master: cf342e52e3117391868fb4bd900ce772a27a5a1a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ioprio.c b/trunk/fs/ioprio.c
index 0fd1089d7bf6..03dc4f269b76 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ioprio.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ioprio.c
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioprio_set(int which, int who, int ioprio)
 	}
 
 	ret = -ESRCH;
-	read_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	/*
+	 * We want IOPRIO_WHO_PGRP/IOPRIO_WHO_USER to be "atomic",
+	 * so we can't use rcu_read_lock(). See re-copy of ->ioprio
+	 * in copy_process().
+	 */
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	switch (which) {
 		case IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS:
 			if (!who)
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioprio_set(int which, int who, int ioprio)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioprio_get(int which, int who)
 	int ret = -ESRCH;
 	int tmpio;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	switch (which) {
 		case IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS:
 			if (!who)
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioprio_get(int which, int who)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	return ret;
 }