diff -urN oldtree/kernel/exit.c newtree/kernel/exit.c
--- oldtree/kernel/exit.c	2006-08-19 17:04:13.200394250 -0400
+++ newtree/kernel/exit.c	2006-08-20 04:54:13.664474500 -0400
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@
 	/* Set the exit signal to SIGCHLD so we signal init on exit */
 	current->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 
-	if ((current->policy == SCHED_NORMAL ||
-			current->policy == SCHED_BATCH)
-				&& (task_nice(current) < 0))
+	if (!has_rt_policy(current) && (task_nice(current) < 0))
 		set_user_nice(current, 0);
 	/* cpus_allowed? */
 	/* rt_priority? */