diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 71775b95d6cc06cd9d8d8e9cadbf3fdb5333f967..637e7413632cc050a78ad7522c665ac7684b6d9d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void arch_vtime_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 	struct thread_info *pi = task_thread_info(prev);
 	struct thread_info *ni = task_thread_info(current);
 
-	pi->ac_stamp = ni->ac_stamp;
+	ni->ac_stamp = pi->ac_stamp;
 	ni->ac_stime = ni->ac_utime = 0;
 }