diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index ed6f22eb5b12adcd647abb384a44ff55e4e14604..9702fa92489edb3f7aa04d21ad1a801afc8a1807 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ timer_interrupt (int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	unsigned long new_itm;
 
-	if (unlikely(cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))) {
+	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) {
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}