1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 7619dddd5622..396aec2dae90 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1464,7 +1464,6 @@ static int do_execve_common(const char *filename,
         struct files_struct *displaced;
         bool clear_in_exec;
         int retval;
-        const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 
         /*
          * We move the actual failure in case of RLIMIT_NPROC excess from
@@ -1473,7 +1472,7 @@ static int do_execve_common(const char *filename,
          * whether NPROC limit is still exceeded.
          */
         if ((current->flags & PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED) &&
-            atomic_read(&cred->user->processes) > rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) {
+            atomic_read(&current_user()->processes) > rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) {
                 retval = -EAGAIN;
                 goto out_ret;
         }