diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index de728ac..3f7ad1e 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@
 static struct kmem_cache *cred_jar;
 
 /*
- * The common credentials for the initial task's thread group
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-static struct thread_group_cred init_tgcred = {
-	.usage	= ATOMIC_INIT(2),
-	.tgid	= 0,
-	.lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_cred.tgcred.lock),
-};
-#endif
-
-/*
  * The initial credentials for the initial task
  */
 struct cred init_cred = {
@@ -65,9 +54,6 @@
 	.user			= INIT_USER,
 	.user_ns		= &init_user_ns,
 	.group_info		= &init_groups,
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	.tgcred			= &init_tgcred,
-#endif
 };
 
 static inline void set_cred_subscribers(struct cred *cred, int n)
@@ -96,36 +82,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Dispose of the shared task group credentials
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-static void release_tgcred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred =
-		container_of(rcu, struct thread_group_cred, rcu);
-
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&tgcred->usage) != 0);
-
-	key_put(tgcred->session_keyring);
-	key_put(tgcred->process_keyring);
-	kfree(tgcred);
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Release a set of thread group credentials.
- */
-static void release_tgcred(struct cred *cred)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = cred->tgcred;
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tgcred->usage))
-		call_rcu(&tgcred->rcu, release_tgcred_rcu);
-#endif
-}
-
-/*
  * The RCU callback to actually dispose of a set of credentials
  */
 static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
@@ -150,9 +106,10 @@
 #endif
 
 	security_cred_free(cred);
+	key_put(cred->session_keyring);
+	key_put(cred->process_keyring);
 	key_put(cred->thread_keyring);
 	key_put(cred->request_key_auth);
-	release_tgcred(cred);
 	if (cred->group_info)
 		put_group_info(cred->group_info);
 	free_uid(cred->user);
@@ -246,15 +203,6 @@
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	new->tgcred = kzalloc(sizeof(*new->tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new->tgcred) {
-		kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, new);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	atomic_set(&new->tgcred->usage, 1);
-#endif
-
 	atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
 	new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
@@ -308,9 +256,10 @@
 	get_user_ns(new->user_ns);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+	key_get(new->session_keyring);
+	key_get(new->process_keyring);
 	key_get(new->thread_keyring);
 	key_get(new->request_key_auth);
-	atomic_inc(&new->tgcred->usage);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
@@ -334,39 +283,20 @@
  */
 struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
 {
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = NULL;
 	struct cred *new;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tgcred)
-		return NULL;
-#endif
-
 	new = prepare_creds();
-	if (!new) {
-		kfree(tgcred);
+	if (!new)
 		return new;
-	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	/* newly exec'd tasks don't get a thread keyring */
 	key_put(new->thread_keyring);
 	new->thread_keyring = NULL;
 
-	/* create a new per-thread-group creds for all this set of threads to
-	 * share */
-	memcpy(tgcred, new->tgcred, sizeof(struct thread_group_cred));
-
-	atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-	spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-
 	/* inherit the session keyring; new process keyring */
-	key_get(tgcred->session_keyring);
-	tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-
-	release_tgcred(new);
-	new->tgcred = tgcred;
+	key_put(new->process_keyring);
+	new->process_keyring = NULL;
 #endif
 
 	return new;
@@ -383,9 +313,6 @@
  */
 int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred;
-#endif
 	struct cred *new;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -425,22 +352,12 @@
 			install_thread_keyring_to_cred(new);
 	}
 
-	/* we share the process and session keyrings between all the threads in
-	 * a process - this is slightly icky as we violate COW credentials a
-	 * bit */
+	/* The process keyring is only shared between the threads in a process;
+	 * anything outside of those threads doesn't inherit.
+	 */
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)) {
-		tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tgcred) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto error_put;
-		}
-		atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-		spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-		tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-		tgcred->session_keyring = key_get(new->tgcred->session_keyring);
-
-		release_tgcred(new);
-		new->tgcred = tgcred;
+		key_put(new->process_keyring);
+		new->process_keyring = NULL;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -643,9 +560,6 @@
  */
 struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred;
-#endif
 	const struct cred *old;
 	struct cred *new;
 
@@ -653,14 +567,6 @@
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tgcred) {
-		kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, new);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	kdebug("prepare_kernel_cred() alloc %p", new);
 
 	if (daemon)
@@ -678,13 +584,10 @@
 	get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-	spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-	tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-	tgcred->session_keyring = NULL;
-	new->tgcred = tgcred;
-	new->request_key_auth = NULL;
+	new->session_keyring = NULL;
+	new->process_keyring = NULL;
 	new->thread_keyring = NULL;
+	new->request_key_auth = NULL;
 	new->jit_keyring = KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING;
 #endif