diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 1fdbbe4d2e3d..8fb07103628c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -585,9 +585,7 @@ static void do_dbs_timer(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* We want all CPUs to do sampling nearly on same jiffy */
 	int delay = usecs_to_jiffies(dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate);
 
-	if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
-		delay -= jiffies % delay;
-
+	delay -= jiffies % delay;
 	mutex_lock(&dbs_info->timer_mutex);
 
 	/* Common NORMAL_SAMPLE setup */