diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 73cf0987088c..8a54cd214925 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 
 int can_do_mlock(void)
 {
-	if (capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
-		return 1;
 	if (rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK) != 0)
 		return 1;
+	if (capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
+		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(can_do_mlock);