1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index bc1638b33449..0acf96b790c5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3558,9 +3558,10 @@ static int _sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
         };
 
         /*
-         * Fixup the legacy SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK hack
+         * Fixup the legacy SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK hack, except if
+         * the policy=-1 was passed by sched_setparam().
          */
-        if (policy & SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK) {
+        if ((policy != -1) && (policy & SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK)) {
                 attr.sched_flags |= SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK;
                 policy &= ~SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK;
                 attr.sched_policy = policy;