diff --git a/include/trace/hooks/sched.h b/include/trace/hooks/sched.h
index 8173569953ba..99641b8d3c1a 100644
--- a/include/trace/hooks/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/hooks/sched.h
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ DECLARE_RESTRICTED_HOOK(android_rvh_rtmutex_prepare_setprio,
 	TP_ARGS(p, pi_task), 1);
 
 DECLARE_RESTRICTED_HOOK(android_rvh_set_user_nice,
-	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p, long *nice),
-	TP_ARGS(p, nice), 1);
+	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p, long *nice, bool *allowed),
+	TP_ARGS(p, nice, allowed), 1);
 
 DECLARE_RESTRICTED_HOOK(android_rvh_setscheduler,
 	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p),
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 58a4f6a63547..e57809458da0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5743,12 +5743,13 @@ static inline int rt_effective_prio(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
 
 void set_user_nice(struct task_struct *p, long nice)
 {
-	bool queued, running;
+	bool queued, running, allowed = false;
 	int old_prio;
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 	struct rq *rq;
 
-	if (task_nice(p) == nice || nice < MIN_NICE || nice > MAX_NICE)
+	trace_android_rvh_set_user_nice(p, &nice, &allowed);
+	if ((task_nice(p) == nice || nice < MIN_NICE || nice > MAX_NICE) && !allowed)
 		return;
 	/*
 	 * We have to be careful, if called from sys_setpriority(),
@@ -5756,7 +5757,6 @@ void set_user_nice(struct task_struct *p, long nice)
 	 */
 	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
-	trace_android_rvh_set_user_nice(p, &nice);
 
 	/*
 	 * The RT priorities are set via sched_setscheduler(), but we still