diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index a20e4e28858c514e7dfc76cda2b25703d122afcb..7bb5229b1e3c7b002cf388fd79a148969ea418d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -522,7 +522,12 @@ void spu_yield(struct spu_context *ctx)
 
 static void spusched_tick(struct spu_context *ctx)
 {
-	if (ctx->policy == SCHED_FIFO || --ctx->time_slice)
+	if (ctx->flags & SPU_CREATE_NOSCHED)
+		return;
+	if (ctx->policy == SCHED_FIFO)
+		return;
+
+	if (--ctx->time_slice)
 		return;
 
 	/*