diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
index d80d7a608141..c32439b855f5 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/rstat.c
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ static void root_cgroup_cputime(struct cgroup_base_stat *bstat)
 
 		cputime->sum_exec_runtime += user;
 		cputime->sum_exec_runtime += sys;
-		cputime->sum_exec_runtime += cpustat[CPUTIME_STEAL];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CORE
 		bstat->forceidle_sum += cpustat[CPUTIME_FORCEIDLE];