diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index ebbed2c..0142aac 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -77,21 +77,6 @@
 extern int in_egroup_p(kgid_t);
 
 /*
- * The common credentials for a thread group
- * - shared by CLONE_THREAD
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-struct thread_group_cred {
-	atomic_t	usage;
-	pid_t		tgid;			/* thread group process ID */
-	spinlock_t	lock;
-	struct key __rcu *session_keyring;	/* keyring inherited over fork */
-	struct key	*process_keyring;	/* keyring private to this process */
-	struct rcu_head	rcu;			/* RCU deletion hook */
-};
-#endif
-
-/*
  * The security context of a task
  *
  * The parts of the context break down into two categories:
@@ -139,6 +124,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	unsigned char	jit_keyring;	/* default keyring to attach requested
 					 * keys to */
+	struct key __rcu *session_keyring; /* keyring inherited over fork */
+	struct key	*process_keyring; /* keyring private to this process */
 	struct key	*thread_keyring; /* keyring private to this thread */
 	struct key	*request_key_auth; /* assumed request_key authority */
 	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred; /* thread-group shared credentials */
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index de728ac..3f7ad1e 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@
 static struct kmem_cache *cred_jar;
 
 /*
- * The common credentials for the initial task's thread group
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-static struct thread_group_cred init_tgcred = {
-	.usage	= ATOMIC_INIT(2),
-	.tgid	= 0,
-	.lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_cred.tgcred.lock),
-};
-#endif
-
-/*
  * The initial credentials for the initial task
  */
 struct cred init_cred = {
@@ -65,9 +54,6 @@
 	.user			= INIT_USER,
 	.user_ns		= &init_user_ns,
 	.group_info		= &init_groups,
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	.tgcred			= &init_tgcred,
-#endif
 };
 
 static inline void set_cred_subscribers(struct cred *cred, int n)
@@ -96,36 +82,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Dispose of the shared task group credentials
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-static void release_tgcred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred =
-		container_of(rcu, struct thread_group_cred, rcu);
-
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&tgcred->usage) != 0);
-
-	key_put(tgcred->session_keyring);
-	key_put(tgcred->process_keyring);
-	kfree(tgcred);
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Release a set of thread group credentials.
- */
-static void release_tgcred(struct cred *cred)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = cred->tgcred;
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tgcred->usage))
-		call_rcu(&tgcred->rcu, release_tgcred_rcu);
-#endif
-}
-
-/*
  * The RCU callback to actually dispose of a set of credentials
  */
 static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
@@ -150,9 +106,10 @@
 #endif
 
 	security_cred_free(cred);
+	key_put(cred->session_keyring);
+	key_put(cred->process_keyring);
 	key_put(cred->thread_keyring);
 	key_put(cred->request_key_auth);
-	release_tgcred(cred);
 	if (cred->group_info)
 		put_group_info(cred->group_info);
 	free_uid(cred->user);
@@ -246,15 +203,6 @@
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	new->tgcred = kzalloc(sizeof(*new->tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new->tgcred) {
-		kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, new);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	atomic_set(&new->tgcred->usage, 1);
-#endif
-
 	atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
 	new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
@@ -308,9 +256,10 @@
 	get_user_ns(new->user_ns);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+	key_get(new->session_keyring);
+	key_get(new->process_keyring);
 	key_get(new->thread_keyring);
 	key_get(new->request_key_auth);
-	atomic_inc(&new->tgcred->usage);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
@@ -334,39 +283,20 @@
  */
 struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
 {
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = NULL;
 	struct cred *new;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tgcred)
-		return NULL;
-#endif
-
 	new = prepare_creds();
-	if (!new) {
-		kfree(tgcred);
+	if (!new)
 		return new;
-	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	/* newly exec'd tasks don't get a thread keyring */
 	key_put(new->thread_keyring);
 	new->thread_keyring = NULL;
 
-	/* create a new per-thread-group creds for all this set of threads to
-	 * share */
-	memcpy(tgcred, new->tgcred, sizeof(struct thread_group_cred));
-
-	atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-	spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-
 	/* inherit the session keyring; new process keyring */
-	key_get(tgcred->session_keyring);
-	tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-
-	release_tgcred(new);
-	new->tgcred = tgcred;
+	key_put(new->process_keyring);
+	new->process_keyring = NULL;
 #endif
 
 	return new;
@@ -383,9 +313,6 @@
  */
 int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred;
-#endif
 	struct cred *new;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -425,22 +352,12 @@
 			install_thread_keyring_to_cred(new);
 	}
 
-	/* we share the process and session keyrings between all the threads in
-	 * a process - this is slightly icky as we violate COW credentials a
-	 * bit */
+	/* The process keyring is only shared between the threads in a process;
+	 * anything outside of those threads doesn't inherit.
+	 */
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)) {
-		tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tgcred) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto error_put;
-		}
-		atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-		spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-		tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-		tgcred->session_keyring = key_get(new->tgcred->session_keyring);
-
-		release_tgcred(new);
-		new->tgcred = tgcred;
+		key_put(new->process_keyring);
+		new->process_keyring = NULL;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -643,9 +560,6 @@
  */
 struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred;
-#endif
 	const struct cred *old;
 	struct cred *new;
 
@@ -653,14 +567,6 @@
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tgcred) {
-		kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, new);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	kdebug("prepare_kernel_cred() alloc %p", new);
 
 	if (daemon)
@@ -678,13 +584,10 @@
 	get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-	atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
-	spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
-	tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
-	tgcred->session_keyring = NULL;
-	new->tgcred = tgcred;
-	new->request_key_auth = NULL;
+	new->session_keyring = NULL;
+	new->process_keyring = NULL;
 	new->thread_keyring = NULL;
+	new->request_key_auth = NULL;
 	new->jit_keyring = KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index a0d373f..65b38417 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,8 @@
 		goto error_keyring;
 	newwork = &cred->rcu;
 
-	cred->tgcred->session_keyring = key_ref_to_ptr(keyring_r);
+	cred->session_keyring = key_ref_to_ptr(keyring_r);
+	keyring_r = NULL;
 	init_task_work(newwork, key_change_session_keyring);
 
 	me = current;
@@ -1500,7 +1501,7 @@
 	mycred = current_cred();
 	pcred = __task_cred(parent);
 	if (mycred == pcred ||
-	    mycred->tgcred->session_keyring == pcred->tgcred->session_keyring) {
+	    mycred->session_keyring == pcred->session_keyring) {
 		ret = 0;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
@@ -1516,9 +1517,9 @@
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/* the keyrings must have the same UID */
-	if ((pcred->tgcred->session_keyring &&
-	     pcred->tgcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid) ||
-	    mycred->tgcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid)
+	if ((pcred->session_keyring &&
+	     pcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid) ||
+	    mycred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/* cancel an already pending keyring replacement */
diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index 178b8c3..9de5dc5 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -169,9 +169,8 @@
 int install_process_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
 {
 	struct key *keyring;
-	int ret;
 
-	if (new->tgcred->process_keyring)
+	if (new->process_keyring)
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	keyring = keyring_alloc("_pid", new->uid, new->gid,
@@ -179,17 +178,8 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(keyring))
 		return PTR_ERR(keyring);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&new->tgcred->lock);
-	if (!new->tgcred->process_keyring) {
-		new->tgcred->process_keyring = keyring;
-		keyring = NULL;
-		ret = 0;
-	} else {
-		ret = -EEXIST;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&new->tgcred->lock);
-	key_put(keyring);
-	return ret;
+	new->process_keyring = keyring;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -230,7 +220,7 @@
 	/* create an empty session keyring */
 	if (!keyring) {
 		flags = KEY_ALLOC_QUOTA_OVERRUN;
-		if (cred->tgcred->session_keyring)
+		if (cred->session_keyring)
 			flags = KEY_ALLOC_IN_QUOTA;
 
 		keyring = keyring_alloc("_ses", cred->uid, cred->gid,
@@ -242,17 +232,11 @@
 	}
 
 	/* install the keyring */
-	spin_lock_irq(&cred->tgcred->lock);
-	old = cred->tgcred->session_keyring;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(cred->tgcred->session_keyring, keyring);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&cred->tgcred->lock);
+	old = cred->session_keyring;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(cred->session_keyring, keyring);
 
-	/* we're using RCU on the pointer, but there's no point synchronising
-	 * on it if it didn't previously point to anything */
-	if (old) {
-		synchronize_rcu();
+	if (old)
 		key_put(old);
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -367,9 +351,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/* search the process keyring second */
-	if (cred->tgcred->process_keyring) {
+	if (cred->process_keyring) {
 		key_ref = keyring_search_aux(
-			make_key_ref(cred->tgcred->process_keyring, 1),
+			make_key_ref(cred->process_keyring, 1),
 			cred, type, description, match, no_state_check);
 		if (!IS_ERR(key_ref))
 			goto found;
@@ -388,12 +372,10 @@
 	}
 
 	/* search the session keyring */
-	if (cred->tgcred->session_keyring) {
+	if (cred->session_keyring) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		key_ref = keyring_search_aux(
-			make_key_ref(rcu_dereference(
-					     cred->tgcred->session_keyring),
-				     1),
+			make_key_ref(rcu_dereference(cred->session_keyring), 1),
 			cred, type, description, match, no_state_check);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -563,7 +545,7 @@
 		break;
 
 	case KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING:
-		if (!cred->tgcred->process_keyring) {
+		if (!cred->process_keyring) {
 			if (!(lflags & KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE))
 				goto error;
 
@@ -575,13 +557,13 @@
 			goto reget_creds;
 		}
 
-		key = cred->tgcred->process_keyring;
+		key = cred->process_keyring;
 		atomic_inc(&key->usage);
 		key_ref = make_key_ref(key, 1);
 		break;
 
 	case KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING:
-		if (!cred->tgcred->session_keyring) {
+		if (!cred->session_keyring) {
 			/* always install a session keyring upon access if one
 			 * doesn't exist yet */
 			ret = install_user_keyrings();
@@ -596,7 +578,7 @@
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto error;
 			goto reget_creds;
-		} else if (cred->tgcred->session_keyring ==
+		} else if (cred->session_keyring ==
 			   cred->user->session_keyring &&
 			   lflags & KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE) {
 			ret = join_session_keyring(NULL);
@@ -606,7 +588,7 @@
 		}
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		key = rcu_dereference(cred->tgcred->session_keyring);
+		key = rcu_dereference(cred->session_keyring);
 		atomic_inc(&key->usage);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		key_ref = make_key_ref(key, 1);
@@ -766,12 +748,6 @@
 	struct key *keyring;
 	long ret, serial;
 
-	/* only permit this if there's a single thread in the thread group -
-	 * this avoids us having to adjust the creds on all threads and risking
-	 * ENOMEM */
-	if (!current_is_single_threaded())
-		return -EMLINK;
-
 	new = prepare_creds();
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -783,7 +759,7 @@
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error;
 
-		serial = new->tgcred->session_keyring->serial;
+		serial = new->session_keyring->serial;
 		ret = commit_creds(new);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = serial;
@@ -806,6 +782,9 @@
 	} else if (IS_ERR(keyring)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(keyring);
 		goto error2;
+	} else if (keyring == new->session_keyring) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto error2;
 	}
 
 	/* we've got a keyring - now to install it */
@@ -862,8 +841,7 @@
 
 	new->jit_keyring	= old->jit_keyring;
 	new->thread_keyring	= key_get(old->thread_keyring);
-	new->tgcred->tgid	= old->tgcred->tgid;
-	new->tgcred->process_keyring = key_get(old->tgcred->process_keyring);
+	new->process_keyring	= key_get(old->process_keyring);
 
 	security_transfer_creds(new, old);
 
diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index 000e750..275c4f9 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@
 		cred->thread_keyring ? cred->thread_keyring->serial : 0);
 
 	prkey = 0;
-	if (cred->tgcred->process_keyring)
-		prkey = cred->tgcred->process_keyring->serial;
+	if (cred->process_keyring)
+		prkey = cred->process_keyring->serial;
 	sprintf(keyring_str[1], "%d", prkey);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	session = rcu_dereference(cred->tgcred->session_keyring);
+	session = rcu_dereference(cred->session_keyring);
 	if (!session)
 		session = cred->user->session_keyring;
 	sskey = session->serial;
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@
 				break;
 
 		case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING:
-			dest_keyring = key_get(cred->tgcred->process_keyring);
+			dest_keyring = key_get(cred->process_keyring);
 			if (dest_keyring)
 				break;
 
 		case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_SESSION_KEYRING:
 			rcu_read_lock();
 			dest_keyring = key_get(
-				rcu_dereference(cred->tgcred->session_keyring));
+				rcu_dereference(cred->session_keyring));
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 
 			if (dest_keyring)