1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 4107db0dc091..a5fb654ea590 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3528,7 +3528,8 @@ recheck:
          */
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
                 /* can't change policy */
-                if (policy != p->policy)
+                if (policy != p->policy &&
+                        !p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_RTPRIO].rlim_cur)
                         return -EPERM;
                 /* can't increase priority */
                 if (policy != SCHED_NORMAL &&