diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 79893123325c..db5c26692dd5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6873,7 +6873,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_rr_get_interval, pid_t, pid,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = -ESRCH;
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = find_process_by_pid(pid);
 	if (!p)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -6886,13 +6886,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_rr_get_interval, pid_t, pid,
 	time_slice = p->sched_class->get_rr_interval(rq, p);
 	task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
 
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	jiffies_to_timespec(time_slice, &t);
 	retval = copy_to_user(interval, &t, sizeof(t)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 	return retval;
 
 out_unlock:
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return retval;
 }