diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index ebd2a53a3d073cbf0489848c50725250a3f6872b..4921163b2752b94ab7f3f1b04ecf0c841a6a26d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ struct user_namespace;
  * These functions are in security/capability.c and are used
  * as the default capabilities functions
  */
-extern int cap_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred,
-		       struct user_namespace *ns, int cap, int audit);
+extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
+		       int cap, int audit);
 extern int cap_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz);
 extern int cap_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int mode);
 extern int cap_ptrace_traceme(struct task_struct *parent);
@@ -1261,7 +1261,6 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
  * @capable:
  *	Check whether the @tsk process has the @cap capability in the indicated
  *	credentials.
- *	@tsk contains the task_struct for the process.
  *	@cred contains the credentials to use.
  *      @ns contains the user namespace we want the capability in
  *	@cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>.
@@ -1385,8 +1384,8 @@ struct security_operations {
 		       const kernel_cap_t *effective,
 		       const kernel_cap_t *inheritable,
 		       const kernel_cap_t *permitted);
-	int (*capable) (struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred,
-			struct user_namespace *ns, int cap, int audit);
+	int (*capable) (const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
+			int cap, int audit);
 	int (*quotactl) (int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb);
 	int (*quota_on) (struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*syslog) (int type);
@@ -1867,7 +1866,7 @@ static inline int security_capset(struct cred *new,
 static inline int security_capable(struct user_namespace *ns,
 				   const struct cred *cred, int cap)
 {
-	return cap_capable(current, cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+	return cap_capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 }
 
 static inline int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
@@ -1875,7 +1874,7 @@ static inline int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_nam
 	int ret;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	ret = cap_capable(tsk, __task_cred(tsk), ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+	ret = cap_capable(__task_cred(tsk), ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1886,8 +1885,7 @@ int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace
 	int ret;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	ret = cap_capable(tsk, __task_cred(tsk), ns, cap,
-			       SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
+	ret = cap_capable(__task_cred(tsk), ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 37832026e58a234c249b44959f6cba5aa1dacbb5..ef4e2a8a33a5f70c63aee95d9c12eb1198ed2dd3 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ static int apparmor_capget(struct task_struct *target, kernel_cap_t *effective,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int apparmor_capable(struct task_struct *task, const struct cred *cred,
-			    struct user_namespace *ns, int cap, int audit)
+static int apparmor_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
+			    int cap, int audit)
 {
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
 	/* cap_capable returns 0 on success, else -EPERM */
-	int error = cap_capable(task, cred, ns, cap, audit);
+	int error = cap_capable(cred, ns, cap, audit);
 	if (!error) {
 		profile = aa_cred_profile(cred);
 		if (!unconfined(profile))
-			error = aa_capable(task, profile, cap, audit);
+			error = aa_capable(current, profile, cap, audit);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index a93b3b73307991c69738bc0dab712e56330ba932..89f02ff66af970dfb4c5d531d72d8ef373737a4a 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_netlink_recv);
 
 /**
  * cap_capable - Determine whether a task has a particular effective capability
- * @tsk: The task to query
  * @cred: The credentials to use
  * @ns:  The user namespace in which we need the capability
  * @cap: The capability to check for
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_netlink_recv);
  * cap_has_capability() returns 0 when a task has a capability, but the
  * kernel's capable() and has_capability() returns 1 for this case.
  */
-int cap_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred,
-		struct user_namespace *targ_ns, int cap, int audit)
+int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *targ_ns,
+		int cap, int audit)
 {
 	for (;;) {
 		/* The creator of the user namespace has all caps. */
@@ -222,9 +221,8 @@ static inline int cap_inh_is_capped(void)
 	/* they are so limited unless the current task has the CAP_SETPCAP
 	 * capability
 	 */
-	if (cap_capable(current, current_cred(),
-			current_cred()->user->user_ns, CAP_SETPCAP,
-			SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT) == 0)
+	if (cap_capable(current_cred(), current_cred()->user->user_ns,
+			CAP_SETPCAP, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT) == 0)
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -870,7 +868,7 @@ int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 		     & (new->securebits ^ arg2))			/*[1]*/
 		    || ((new->securebits & SECURE_ALL_LOCKS & ~arg2))	/*[2]*/
 		    || (arg2 & ~(SECURE_ALL_LOCKS | SECURE_ALL_BITS))	/*[3]*/
-		    || (cap_capable(current, current_cred(),
+		    || (cap_capable(current_cred(),
 				    current_cred()->user->user_ns, CAP_SETPCAP,
 				    SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT) != 0)		/*[4]*/
 			/*
@@ -936,7 +934,7 @@ int cap_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
 {
 	int cap_sys_admin = 0;
 
-	if (cap_capable(current, current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
+	if (cap_capable(current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
 			SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT) == 0)
 		cap_sys_admin = 1;
 	return __vm_enough_memory(mm, pages, cap_sys_admin);
@@ -963,7 +961,7 @@ int cap_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (addr < dac_mmap_min_addr) {
-		ret = cap_capable(current, current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
+		ret = cap_capable(current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
 				  SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 		/* set PF_SUPERPRIV if it turns out we allow the low mmap */
 		if (ret == 0)
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index d9e153390926336b1cfa3b787cf84d663f76de23..9ae68c64455e7f87c4f3db998077bb9e876d397c 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ int security_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
 int security_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, const struct cred *cred,
 		     int cap)
 {
-	return security_ops->capable(current, cred, ns, cap,
-				     SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+	return security_ops->capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 }
 
 int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns,
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns,
 	int ret;
 
 	cred = get_task_cred(tsk);
-	ret = security_ops->capable(tsk, cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+	ret = security_ops->capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 	put_cred(cred);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	int ret;
 
 	cred = get_task_cred(tsk);
-	ret = security_ops->capable(tsk, cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
+	ret = security_ops->capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
 	put_cred(cred);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index e545b9f6707210fa56b54a2e8257e57630776b36..c9605c4a2e08f3569f0efc5b8a5065ffc901c307 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1414,8 +1414,7 @@ static int current_has_perm(const struct task_struct *tsk,
 #endif
 
 /* Check whether a task is allowed to use a capability. */
-static int task_has_capability(struct task_struct *tsk,
-			       const struct cred *cred,
+static int cred_has_capability(const struct cred *cred,
 			       int cap, int audit)
 {
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
@@ -1426,7 +1425,7 @@ static int task_has_capability(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	int rc;
 
 	COMMON_AUDIT_DATA_INIT(&ad, CAP);
-	ad.tsk = tsk;
+	ad.tsk = current;
 	ad.u.cap = cap;
 
 	switch (CAP_TO_INDEX(cap)) {
@@ -1867,16 +1866,16 @@ static int selinux_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
  * the CAP_SETUID and CAP_SETGID capabilities using the capable hook.
  */
 
-static int selinux_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred,
-			   struct user_namespace *ns, int cap, int audit)
+static int selinux_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
+			   int cap, int audit)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = cap_capable(tsk, cred, ns, cap, audit);
+	rc = cap_capable(cred, ns, cap, audit);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	return task_has_capability(tsk, cred, cap, audit);
+	return cred_has_capability(cred, cap, audit);
 }
 
 static int selinux_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb)
@@ -1953,8 +1952,7 @@ static int selinux_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
 {
 	int rc, cap_sys_admin = 0;
 
-	rc = selinux_capable(current, current_cred(),
-			     &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
+	rc = selinux_capable(current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
 			     SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
 	if (rc == 0)
 		cap_sys_admin = 1;
@@ -2858,8 +2856,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name
 	 * and lack of permission just means that we fall back to the
 	 * in-core context value, not a denial.
 	 */
-	error = selinux_capable(current, current_cred(),
-				&init_user_ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN,
+	error = selinux_capable(current_cred(), &init_user_ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN,
 				SECURITY_CAP_NOAUDIT);
 	if (!error)
 		error = security_sid_to_context_force(isec->sid, &context,
@@ -2992,8 +2989,8 @@ static int selinux_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 	case KDSKBENT:
 	case KDSKBSENT:
-		error = task_has_capability(current, cred, CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG,
-					SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+		error = cred_has_capability(cred, CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG,
+					    SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 		break;
 
 	/* default case assumes that the command will go