diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index adeee509503992af2dade26fc211e66b5767caa2..0e1bb87415c45bc04d8ba85936b8a9d1f75c3e5a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -717,21 +717,16 @@ static inline bool si_fromuser(const struct siginfo *info)
 /*
  * called with RCU read lock from check_kill_permission()
  */
-static int kill_ok_by_cred(struct task_struct *t)
+static bool kill_ok_by_cred(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	const struct cred *tcred = __task_cred(t);
 
-	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))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
+	return uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->suid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->suid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->uid, tcred->uid) ||
+	       ns_capable(tcred->user_ns, CAP_KILL);
 }
 
 /*