diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
index 5be58820465cced6c0d1dc06c9de146bddcf664f..d4184498c9f5e3c8674015f97fe04da2417dafbd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void cpudl_set(struct cpudl *cp, int cpu, u64 dl, int is_valid)
 
 	if (old_idx == IDX_INVALID) {
 		cp->size++;
-		cp->elements[cp->size - 1].dl = 0;
+		cp->elements[cp->size - 1].dl = dl;
 		cp->elements[cp->size - 1].cpu = cpu;
 		cp->elements[cpu].idx = cp->size - 1;
 		cpudl_change_key(cp, cp->size - 1, dl);