diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index 8061426b7df5a9269194e1471d2df4a98d260361..9782c0329c1435295660dcd0c22ad00708dd6dff 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
 			cpu_die();
 #endif
-		if (!idle)
-			idle = default_idle;
 		tick_nohz_idle_enter();
 		rcu_idle_enter();
 		while (!need_resched())
-			idle();
+			default_idle();
 		rcu_idle_exit();
 		tick_nohz_idle_exit();
 		preempt_enable_no_resched();