diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 1bbff4e2514b..2a0e41e284cb 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
@@ -1372,7 +1373,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 		const int __user *, nodes,
 		int __user *, status, int, flags)
 {
-	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int err;
@@ -1396,14 +1396,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
-	 * process. The right exists if the process has administrative
-	 * capabilities, superuser privileges or the same
-	 * userid as the target process.
+	 * process. Use the regular "ptrace_may_access()" checks.
 	 */
-	tcred = __task_cred(task);
-	if (cred->euid != tcred->suid && cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
-	    cred->uid  != tcred->suid && cred->uid  != tcred->uid &&
-	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto out;