diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 24e0a5a..a232bb5 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -198,13 +198,12 @@
 		return 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	tcred = __task_cred(task);
-	if (cred->user_ns == tcred->user_ns &&
-	    (cred->uid == tcred->euid &&
-	     cred->uid == tcred->suid &&
-	     cred->uid == tcred->uid  &&
-	     cred->gid == tcred->egid &&
-	     cred->gid == tcred->sgid &&
-	     cred->gid == tcred->gid))
+	if (uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->euid) &&
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->suid) &&
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->uid)  &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->egid) &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->sgid) &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->gid))
 		goto ok;
 	if (ptrace_has_cap(tcred->user_ns, mode))
 		goto ok;
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index d630327..aef629c 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -767,11 +767,10 @@
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	const struct cred *tcred = __task_cred(t);
 
-	if (cred->user_ns == tcred->user_ns &&
-	    (cred->euid == tcred->suid ||
-	     cred->euid == tcred->uid ||
-	     cred->uid  == tcred->suid ||
-	     cred->uid  == tcred->uid))
+	if (uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->suid) ||
+	    uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid)  ||
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid,  tcred->suid) ||
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid,  tcred->uid))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (ns_capable(tcred->user_ns, CAP_KILL))
@@ -1389,10 +1388,8 @@
 			     struct task_struct *target)
 {
 	const struct cred *pcred = __task_cred(target);
-	if (cred->user_ns != pcred->user_ns)
-		return 0;
-	if (cred->euid != pcred->suid && cred->euid != pcred->uid &&
-	    cred->uid  != pcred->suid && cred->uid  != pcred->uid)
+	if (!uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->uid) &&
+	    !uid_eq(cred->uid,  pcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->uid,  pcred->uid))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index aff09f2..f484077 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred = __task_cred(p);
 
-	if (pcred->user_ns == cred->user_ns &&
-	    (pcred->uid  == cred->euid ||
-	     pcred->euid == cred->euid))
+	if (uid_eq(pcred->uid,  cred->euid) ||
+	    uid_eq(pcred->euid, cred->euid))
 		return true;
 	if (ns_capable(pcred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_NICE))
 		return true;
@@ -1582,13 +1581,12 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	tcred = __task_cred(task);
-	if (cred->user_ns == tcred->user_ns &&
-	    (cred->uid == tcred->euid &&
-	     cred->uid == tcred->suid &&
-	     cred->uid == tcred->uid &&
-	     cred->gid == tcred->egid &&
-	     cred->gid == tcred->sgid &&
-		    cred->gid == tcred->gid))
+	if (uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->euid) &&
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->suid) &&
+	    uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->uid)  &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->egid) &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->sgid) &&
+	    gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->gid))
 		return 0;
 	if (ns_capable(tcred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 		return 0;