diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 132950b33dde5603a9e585882d97913212cb6bd2..b4427cc70acdca364b917788a31be49ddf25189f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4600,12 +4600,8 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
 	 */
 	if (user && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
 		if (rt_policy(policy)) {
-			unsigned long rlim_rtprio;
-
-			if (!lock_task_sighand(p, &flags))
-				return -ESRCH;
-			rlim_rtprio = task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_RTPRIO);
-			unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+			unsigned long rlim_rtprio =
+					task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_RTPRIO);
 
 			/* can't set/change the rt policy */
 			if (policy != p->policy && !rlim_rtprio)