1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 6aa6f7e69ad5..d61d16da0b64 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -692,12 +692,8 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
         cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-        if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu)) {
-                int preferred_cpu = get_nohz_load_balancer();
-
-                if (preferred_cpu >= 0)
-                        cpu = preferred_cpu;
-        }
+        if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu))
+                cpu = get_nohz_timer_target();
 #endif
         new_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);