diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 663b2355a3aa..aad49451584e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -950,12 +950,13 @@ static void update_curr_rt(struct rq *rq)
 {
 	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
 	struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se = &curr->rt;
-	u64 now = rq_clock_task(rq);
 	u64 delta_exec;
+	u64 now;
 
 	if (curr->sched_class != &rt_sched_class)
 		return;
 
+	now = rq_clock_task(rq);
 	delta_exec = now - curr->se.exec_start;
 	if (unlikely((s64)delta_exec <= 0))
 		return;