diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
index 5e77a3a21f98e7926cc789915ad65bbe64911a1a..42461310b185c683b9738fda5af742a74718b5ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ asmlinkage long mipsmt_sys_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
 
 	euid = current_euid();
 	retval = -EPERM;
-	if (euid != p->euid && euid != p->uid && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+	if (euid != p->cred->euid && euid != p->cred->uid &&
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}