diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index a2be2d05529910594e24d19b2c1f1937df6a0ef4..a234fbee1238ccc85b2d68b87f4442236edad1f0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4162,10 +4162,8 @@ do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param)
 		read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 		return -ESRCH;
 	}
-	get_task_struct(p);
-	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam);
-	put_task_struct(p);
+	read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	return retval;
 }