diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 0ad2818e77a2..936817ae142f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -2318,13 +2318,7 @@ retry:
 
 	deactivate_task(rq, next_task, 0);
 	set_task_cpu(next_task, later_rq->cpu);
-
-	/*
-	 * Update the later_rq clock here, because the clock is used
-	 * by the cpufreq_update_util() inside __add_running_bw().
-	 */
-	update_rq_clock(later_rq);
-	activate_task(later_rq, next_task, ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK);
+	activate_task(later_rq, next_task, 0);
 	ret = 1;
 
 	resched_curr(later_rq);