--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.13.1/kernel/kmod.c	2005-09-10 02:42:58.000000000 +0000
+++ ohio-7170-487/linux-2.6.13.1/kernel/kmod.c	2007-03-13 14:16:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -145,13 +145,16 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
 	key_put(old_session);
-
+    
 	/* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
 
 	retval = -EPERM;
-	if (current->fs->root)
+	if (current->fs->root) {
+        /* WK 20070312: Workaround, avoiding audio breaks with usb plugging */
+        sys_nice (10);
 		retval = execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv,sub_info->envp);
+    }
 
 	/* Exec failed? */
 	sub_info->retval = retval;