diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/curproc.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/curproc.h
index cdc549e2979f185ec517c9d825c9bb2d08eca306..51f2179b75342c363afa04ce6f79f33e7260a53f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/curproc.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/curproc.h
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ typedef u32 cfs_cap_t;
 			 BIT(CAP_SYS_BOOT) |	\
 			 BIT(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 
-void cfs_cap_raise(cfs_cap_t cap);
-void cfs_cap_lower(cfs_cap_t cap);
-int cfs_cap_raised(cfs_cap_t cap);
 cfs_cap_t cfs_curproc_cap_pack(void);
 
 /* __LIBCFS_CURPROC_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-curproc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-curproc.c
index 1d8949f1a4fa22c74478aec88854102471e34a22..6b75c5cdc3ec1e4d121efe3d80f3583a42c91a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-curproc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-curproc.c
@@ -52,36 +52,6 @@
  * for Linux kernel.
  */
 
-void cfs_cap_raise(cfs_cap_t cap)
-{
-	struct cred *cred;
-
-	cred = prepare_creds();
-	if (cred) {
-		cap_raise(cred->cap_effective, cap);
-		commit_creds(cred);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfs_cap_raise);
-
-void cfs_cap_lower(cfs_cap_t cap)
-{
-	struct cred *cred;
-
-	cred = prepare_creds();
-	if (cred) {
-		cap_lower(cred->cap_effective, cap);
-		commit_creds(cred);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfs_cap_lower);
-
-int cfs_cap_raised(cfs_cap_t cap)
-{
-	return cap_raised(current_cap(), cap);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfs_cap_raised);
-
 static void cfs_kernel_cap_pack(kernel_cap_t kcap, cfs_cap_t *cap)
 {
 	/* XXX lost high byte */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
index aa48b3d2199e3640236fdb42872549aa9298febf..934f067adb1407ab927597cfd73b0fbe9c5e53cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ int llog_open(const struct lu_env *env, struct llog_ctxt *ctxt,
 	      struct llog_handle **lgh, struct llog_logid *logid,
 	      char *name, enum llog_open_param open_param)
 {
-	int	 raised;
+	const struct cred *old_cred = NULL;
 	int	 rc;
 
 	LASSERT(ctxt);
@@ -483,12 +483,18 @@ int llog_open(const struct lu_env *env, struct llog_ctxt *ctxt,
 	(*lgh)->lgh_ctxt = ctxt;
 	(*lgh)->lgh_logops = ctxt->loc_logops;
 
-	raised = cfs_cap_raised(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE);
-	if (!raised)
-		cfs_cap_raise(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE);
+	if (cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
+		struct cred *cred = prepare_creds();
+
+		if (cred) {
+			cap_raise(cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE);
+			old_cred = override_creds(cred);
+		}
+	}
 	rc = ctxt->loc_logops->lop_open(env, *lgh, logid, name, open_param);
-	if (!raised)
-		cfs_cap_lower(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE);
+	if (old_cred)
+		revert_creds(old_cred);
+
 	if (rc) {
 		llog_free_handle(*lgh);
 		*lgh = NULL;