set_user_nice(current, nice);
                return;
        }
-       min_nice = 20 - current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NICE].rlim_cur;
+       min_nice = rlimit_to_nice(current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NICE].rlim_cur);
        binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_PRIORITY_CAP,
                     "%d: nice value %ld not allowed use %ld instead\n",
                      current->pid, nice, min_nice);
 
 #define TASK_USER_PRIO(p)      USER_PRIO((p)->static_prio)
 #define MAX_USER_PRIO          (USER_PRIO(MAX_PRIO))
 
+/*
+ * Convert nice value [19,-20] to rlimit style value [1,40].
+ */
+static inline long nice_to_rlimit(long nice)
+{
+       return (MAX_NICE - nice + 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convert rlimit style value [1,40] to nice value [-20, 19].
+ */
+static inline long rlimit_to_nice(long prio)
+{
+       return (MAX_NICE - prio + 1);
+}
+
 #endif /* _SCHED_PRIO_H */
 
 int can_nice(const struct task_struct *p, const int nice)
 {
        /* convert nice value [19,-20] to rlimit style value [1,40] */
-       int nice_rlim = 20 - nice;
+       int nice_rlim = nice_to_rlimit(nice);
 
        return (nice_rlim <= task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_NICE) ||
                capable(CAP_SYS_NICE));
 
                        else
                                p = current;
                        if (p) {
-                               niceval = 20 - task_nice(p);
+                               niceval = nice_to_rlimit(task_nice(p));
                                if (niceval > retval)
                                        retval = niceval;
                        }
                        else
                                pgrp = task_pgrp(current);
                        do_each_pid_thread(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID, p) {
-                               niceval = 20 - task_nice(p);
+                               niceval = nice_to_rlimit(task_nice(p));
                                if (niceval > retval)
                                        retval = niceval;
                        } while_each_pid_thread(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID, p);
 
                        do_each_thread(g, p) {
                                if (uid_eq(task_uid(p), uid)) {
-                                       niceval = 20 - task_nice(p);
+                                       niceval = nice_to_rlimit(task_nice(p));
                                        if (niceval > retval)
                                                retval = niceval;
                                }