diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index fe1f3ab204772a6b4f6aabfe62375554b30d39bb..926bf9d7ac45d152ccf17c4f511724f9f5cb7ced 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1923,6 +1923,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource, struct rlimit __user *rlim)
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
+	if (resource == RLIMIT_CPU && new_rlim.rlim_cur == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The caller is asking for an immediate RLIMIT_CPU
+		 * expiry.  But we use the zero value to mean "it was
+		 * never set".  So let's cheat and make it one second
+		 * instead
+		 */
+		new_rlim.rlim_cur = 1;
+	}
+
 	task_lock(current->group_leader);
 	*old_rlim = new_rlim;
 	task_unlock(current->group_leader);
@@ -1944,15 +1954,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource, struct rlimit __user *rlim)
 		unsigned long rlim_cur = new_rlim.rlim_cur;
 		cputime_t cputime;
 
-		if (rlim_cur == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * The caller is asking for an immediate RLIMIT_CPU
-			 * expiry.  But we use the zero value to mean "it was
-			 * never set".  So let's cheat and make it one second
-			 * instead
-			 */
-			rlim_cur = 1;
-		}
 		cputime = secs_to_cputime(rlim_cur);
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);