diff --git a/sys/kern/p1003_1b.c b/sys/kern/p1003_1b.c
--- a/sys/kern/p1003_1b.c
+++ b/sys/kern/p1003_1b.c
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@
 	targetp = targettd->td_proc;
 	PROC_LOCK_ASSERT(targetp, MA_OWNED);
 
-	/* Don't allow non root user to set a scheduler policy. */
-	error = priv_check(td, PRIV_SCHED_SET);
+	/* Only privileged users are allowed to set a scheduler policy. */
+	error = priv_check(td, PRIV_SCHED_SETPOLICY);
 	if (error)
 		return (error);