file->f_cred already holds a reference count that is stable during the
operation.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/acct.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index ea8c94887b5853b10e7a7e632f7b0bc4d52ab10b..179848ad33e978a557ce695a0d6020aa169177c6 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct)
 	flim = rlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE);
 	current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
 	/* Perform file operations on behalf of whoever enabled accounting */
-	orig_cred = override_creds(get_new_cred(file->f_cred));
+	orig_cred = override_creds(file->f_cred);
 
 	/*
 	 * First check to see if there is enough free_space to continue
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct)
 	}
 out:
 	current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = flim;
-	put_cred(revert_creds(orig_cred));
+	revert_creds(orig_cred);
 }
 
 /**

-- 
2.45.2