diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index c8e9d5dfcd86f0e7ad7d5edc1c21f4e4aebdc2a3..fdbde8ce580474a4aca372636bb1231aeb85c409 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void binder_set_nice(long nice)
 		set_user_nice(current, nice);
 		return;
 	}
-	min_nice = rlimit_to_nice(current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NICE].rlim_cur);
+	min_nice = rlimit_to_nice(rlimit(RLIMIT_NICE));
 	binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_PRIORITY_CAP,
 		     "%d: nice value %ld not allowed use %ld instead\n",
 		      current->pid, nice, min_nice);