diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 4247d7d8b8e6..29e3e3f21443 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,9 @@ static int to_kernel_prio(int policy, int user_priority)
 		return MAX_USER_RT_PRIO - 1 - user_priority;
 }
 
-static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
-				struct binder_priority desired)
+static void binder_do_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
+				   struct binder_priority desired,
+				   bool verify)
 {
 	int priority; /* user-space prio value */
 	bool has_cap_nice;
@@ -1123,7 +1124,7 @@ static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 
 	priority = to_userspace_prio(policy, desired.prio);
 
-	if (is_rt_policy(policy) && !has_cap_nice) {
+	if (verify && is_rt_policy(policy) && !has_cap_nice) {
 		long max_rtprio = task_rlimit(task, RLIMIT_RTPRIO);
 
 		if (max_rtprio == 0) {
@@ -1134,7 +1135,7 @@ static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (is_fair_policy(policy) && !has_cap_nice) {
+	if (verify && is_fair_policy(policy) && !has_cap_nice) {
 		long min_nice = rlimit_to_nice(task_rlimit(task, RLIMIT_NICE));
 
 		if (min_nice > MAX_NICE) {
@@ -1167,6 +1168,18 @@ static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 		set_user_nice(task, priority);
 }
 
+static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
+				struct binder_priority desired)
+{
+	binder_do_set_priority(task, desired, /* verify = */ true);
+}
+
+static void binder_restore_priority(struct task_struct *task,
+				    struct binder_priority desired)
+{
+	binder_do_set_priority(task, desired, /* verify = */ false);
+}
+
 static void binder_transaction_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 					struct binder_transaction *t,
 					struct binder_priority node_prio,
@@ -3204,7 +3217,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(&t->work, &target_thread->todo);
 		binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync(&target_thread->wait);
-		binder_set_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
+		binder_restore_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
 		binder_free_transaction(in_reply_to);
 	} else if (!(t->flags & TF_ONE_WAY)) {
 		BUG_ON(t->buffer->async_transaction != 0);
@@ -3293,7 +3306,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 
 	BUG_ON(thread->return_error.cmd != BR_OK);
 	if (in_reply_to) {
-		binder_set_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
+		binder_restore_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
 		thread->return_error.cmd = BR_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE;
 		binder_enqueue_work(thread->proc,
 				    &thread->return_error.work,
@@ -3893,7 +3906,7 @@ static int binder_thread_read(struct binder_proc *proc,
 			wait_event_interruptible(binder_user_error_wait,
 						 binder_stop_on_user_error < 2);
 		}
-		binder_set_priority(current, proc->default_priority);
+		binder_restore_priority(current, proc->default_priority);
 	}
 
 	if (non_block) {