1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index b04dc03b5934..9062a82ee8ec 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -215,21 +215,19 @@ int __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
                  * handler yet has not finished. This also guarantees that
                  * the timer is serialized wrt itself.
                  */
-                if (unlikely(base->running_timer == timer)) {
-                        /* The timer remains on a former base */
-                        new_base = base;
-                } else {
+                if (likely(base->running_timer != timer)) {
                         /* See the comment in lock_timer_base() */
                         timer->base = NULL;
                         spin_unlock(&base->lock);
-                        spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
-                        timer->base = new_base;
+                        base = new_base;
+                        spin_lock(&base->lock);
+                        timer->base = base;
                 }
         }
 
         timer->expires = expires;
-        internal_add_timer(new_base, timer);
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&new_base->lock, flags);
+        internal_add_timer(base, timer);
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
 
         return ret;
 }