diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a1460e5a93ff..905ebb8a7ec4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1158ddb55416855fd17abe3214298f736f00426a
+refs/heads/master: 16c8f1c72ece3871a6c93003cd888fc2d003a7eb
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched/fair.c b/trunk/kernel/sched/fair.c
index a7a19ffc3b7e..8dbee9f4ceb2 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1680,9 +1680,7 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int initial)
 	}
 
 	/* ensure we never gain time by being placed backwards. */
-	vruntime = max_vruntime(se->vruntime, vruntime);
-
-	se->vruntime = vruntime;
+	se->vruntime = max_vruntime(se->vruntime, vruntime);
 }
 
 static void check_enqueue_throttle(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);