diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 60de3a6b6722..2a079895fb6a 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1396,8 +1396,8 @@ static void vmstat_shepherd(struct work_struct *w)
 		if (need_update(cpu) &&
 			cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(cpu, cpu_stat_off))
 
-			schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu),
-				__round_jiffies_relative(sysctl_stat_interval, cpu));
+			schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu,
+				&per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu), 0);
 
 	put_online_cpus();