diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index d4548dd..965d4bd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1310,8 +1310,7 @@
 	if (!p)
 		return -ESRCH;
 
-	err = nice;
-	err = proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(p, &err);
+	err = proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(p, nice);
 	if (err)
 		count = err;