diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 204fdc86863d71368ef61faacdb0d5458e78039f..2ec7c00228f3c981568b1dc911b4a91a83148d91 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -908,10 +908,11 @@ static void __tick_nohz_idle_enter(struct tick_sched *ts)
 	ktime_t now, expires;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
+	now = tick_nohz_start_idle(ts);
+
 	if (can_stop_idle_tick(cpu, ts)) {
 		int was_stopped = ts->tick_stopped;
 
-		now = tick_nohz_start_idle(ts);
 		ts->idle_calls++;
 
 		expires = tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts, now, cpu);