diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index e149545c5ce..6579912ee70 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1253,16 +1253,13 @@ retry:
 		if (!abs_time)
 			schedule();
 		else {
-			unsigned long slack;
-			slack = current->timer_slack_ns;
-			if (rt_task(current))
-				slack = 0;
 			hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer,
 					      clockrt ? CLOCK_REALTIME :
 					      CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
 					      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current);
-			hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(&t.timer, *abs_time, slack);
+			hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(&t.timer, *abs_time,
+						     current->timer_slack_ns);
 
 			hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer))