diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 4b34ade2332b..5211924e45fb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ 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);
 
-	delay -= jiffies % delay;
+	if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
+		delay -= jiffies % delay;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dbs_info->timer_mutex);
 
 	/* Common NORMAL_SAMPLE setup */