diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index 2c53b919d103aa4af7ec143fedd57ebfd1831211..a01bd504a64252b78dee2588338cdf1367fb7e86 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -1113,9 +1113,7 @@ int load_calc_func(void *unsed)
 	unsigned long next_update = jiffies + LOAD_FREQ;
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule_timeout(HZ/5);
-		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/5);
 
 		if (time_before(jiffies, next_update + 10))
 			continue;