diff --git a/lmkd.cpp b/lmkd.cpp
index faa55b2..5fe5f06 100644
--- a/lmkd.cpp
+++ b/lmkd.cpp
@@ -1987,12 +1987,17 @@ static struct proc *proc_get_heaviest(int oomadj) {
     return maxprocp;
 }
 
-static void set_process_group_and_prio(int pid, const std::vector<std::string>& profiles,
-                                       int prio) {
+
+static void set_process_group_and_prio(uid_t uid, int pid,
+                                       const std::vector<std::string>& profiles, int prio) {
     DIR* d;
     char proc_path[PATH_MAX];
     struct dirent* de;
 
+    if (!SetProcessProfilesCached(uid, pid, profiles)) {
+        ALOGW("Failed to set task profiles for the process (%d) being killed", pid);
+    }
+
     snprintf(proc_path, sizeof(proc_path), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
     if (!(d = opendir(proc_path))) {
         ALOGW("Failed to open %s; errno=%d: process pid(%d) might have died", proc_path, errno,
@@ -2014,11 +2019,6 @@ static void set_process_group_and_prio(int pid, const std::vector<std::string>&
         if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, t_pid, prio) && errno != ESRCH) {
             ALOGW("Unable to raise priority of killing t_pid (%d): errno=%d", t_pid, errno);
         }
-
-        if (!SetTaskProfiles(t_pid, profiles, true)) {
-            ALOGW("Failed to set task_profiles on pid(%d) t_pid(%d)", pid, t_pid);
-            continue;
-        }
     }
     closedir(d);
 }
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ static int kill_one_process(struct proc* procp, int min_oom_score, struct kill_i
         goto out;
     }
 
-    set_process_group_and_prio(pid, {"CPUSET_SP_FOREGROUND", "SCHED_SP_FOREGROUND"},
+    set_process_group_and_prio(uid, pid, {"CPUSET_SP_FOREGROUND", "SCHED_SP_FOREGROUND"},
                                ANDROID_PRIORITY_HIGHEST);
 
     last_kill_tm = *tm;