diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 473d17c431f3..933155c96922 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -665,21 +665,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cred_fscmp);
 
 int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = current;
-	const struct cred *old = task->real_cred;
 	struct ucounts *new_ucounts, *old_ucounts = new->ucounts;
 
-	if (new->user == old->user && new->user_ns == old->user_ns)
-		return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * This optimization is needed because alloc_ucounts() uses locks
 	 * for table lookups.
 	 */
-	if (old_ucounts->ns == new->user_ns && uid_eq(old_ucounts->uid, new->euid))
+	if (old_ucounts->ns == new->user_ns && uid_eq(old_ucounts->uid, new->uid))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!(new_ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->euid)))
+	if (!(new_ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->uid)))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	new->ucounts = new_ucounts;