diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 8a828baa0f93b820f9169fc4a7681d3f0610ecc1..5b0fb57b23f0d73540be15050587f2f6e9c0e2fb 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1339,14 +1339,15 @@ static int kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int kill_as_cred_perm(const struct cred *cred,
-			     struct task_struct *target)
+static inline bool kill_as_cred_perm(const struct cred *cred,
+				     struct task_struct *target)
 {
 	const struct cred *pcred = __task_cred(target);
-	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;
+
+	return uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->suid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->euid, pcred->uid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->uid, pcred->suid) ||
+	       uid_eq(cred->uid, pcred->uid);
 }
 
 /* like kill_pid_info(), but doesn't use uid/euid of "current" */