diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 89a086ed2b16..663b2355a3aa 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;
 
 	if (curr->sched_class != &rt_sched_class)
 		return;
 
-	delta_exec = rq_clock_task(rq) - curr->se.exec_start;
+	delta_exec = now - curr->se.exec_start;
 	if (unlikely((s64)delta_exec <= 0))
 		return;
 
@@ -968,7 +969,7 @@ static void update_curr_rt(struct rq *rq)
 	curr->se.sum_exec_runtime += delta_exec;
 	account_group_exec_runtime(curr, delta_exec);
 
-	curr->se.exec_start = rq_clock_task(rq);
+	curr->se.exec_start = now;
 	cgroup_account_cputime(curr, delta_exec);
 
 	sched_rt_avg_update(rq, delta_exec);