diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 320d74e707af..c1850bf991cd 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
 	 * Superuser processes are usually more important, so we make it
 	 * less likely that we kill those.
 	 */
-	if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || p->uid == 0 || p->euid == 0)
+	if (__capable(p, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || __capable(p, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 		points /= 4;
 
 	/*