diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e2515e67727a..b4235d5081ad 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d50efc6c40620b2e11648cac64ebf4a824e40382
+refs/heads/master: 3d97775a80a03013abe1fd681620925f884ad18a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 78d80067b7f9..a0130eb2fa50 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -170,14 +170,13 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	while (1) {
+		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick();
 		while (!need_resched()) {
 			void (*idle)(void);
 
 			if (__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state))
 				__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state) = 0;
 
-			tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick();
-
 			rmb();
 			idle = pm_idle;
 			if (!idle)