1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 1c4bb4f6ce93..5d665680ae33 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static int ipmi_thread(void *data)
         struct timespec busy_until;
 
         ipmi_si_set_not_busy(&busy_until);
-        set_user_nice(current, 19);
+        set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
         while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
                 int busy_wait;