diff --git a/criu/cr-dump.c b/criu/cr-dump.c
index ee5974acc..fe5e73798 100644
--- a/criu/cr-dump.c
+++ b/criu/cr-dump.c
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ static int dump_sched_info(int pid, ThreadCoreEntry *tc)
 	tc->has_sched_policy = true;
 	tc->sched_policy = ret;
 
+	/* The reset-on-fork flag might be used in combination
+	 * with SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR to reset the scheduling
+	 * policy/priority in child processes.
+	 */
+	ret &= ~SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK;
 	if ((ret == SCHED_RR) || (ret == SCHED_FIFO)) {
 		ret = syscall(__NR_sched_getparam, pid, &sp);
 		if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/criu/cr-restore.c b/criu/cr-restore.c
index 318d34c48..874986ca0 100644
--- a/criu/cr-restore.c
+++ b/criu/cr-restore.c
@@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@ static int validate_sched_parm(struct rst_sched_param *sp)
 	if ((sp->nice < -20) || (sp->nice > 19))
 		return 0;
 
-	switch (sp->policy) {
+	switch (sp->policy & ~SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK) {
 	case SCHED_RR:
 	case SCHED_FIFO:
 		return ((sp->prio > 0) && (sp->prio < 100));