diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ff0df10fce24..421724406245 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6cbe9de7a4353d1a1b77887b5459ac5304c0984a
+refs/heads/master: 024f474795af7a0d41bd6d60061d78bd66d13f56
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched.c b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
index a646e4f36c41..5f889d0cbfcc 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3378,8 +3378,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_user_nice);
  */
 int can_nice(const task_t *p, const int nice)
 {
-	/* convert nice value [19,-20] to rlimit style value [0,39] */
-	int nice_rlim = 19 - nice;
+	/* convert nice value [19,-20] to rlimit style value [1,40] */
+	int nice_rlim = 20 - nice;
 	return (nice_rlim <= p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NICE].rlim_cur ||
 		capable(CAP_SYS_NICE));
 }