diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7656642e4b8..8cfffd9d9ce 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -182,11 +182,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu, ktime_t now)
 
 static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
-	ktime_t now;
-
-	now = ktime_get();
-
-	update_ts_time_stats(cpu, ts, now, NULL);
+	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
 
 	ts->idle_entrytime = now;
 	ts->idle_active = 1;