diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 358822ee32d5..59d8762c7e1d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -150,14 +150,25 @@ static void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(ktime_t now)
 	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Updates the per cpu time idle statistics counters
+ */
+static void update_ts_time_stats(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
+{
+	ktime_t delta;
+
+	ts->idle_lastupdate = now;
+	if (ts->idle_active) {
+		delta = ktime_sub(now, ts->idle_entrytime);
+		ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
+	}
+}
+
 static void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu, ktime_t now)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
-	ktime_t delta;
 
-	delta = ktime_sub(now, ts->idle_entrytime);
-	ts->idle_lastupdate = now;
-	ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
+	update_ts_time_stats(ts, now);
 	ts->idle_active = 0;
 
 	sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event(0);
@@ -165,14 +176,12 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu, ktime_t now)
 
 static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
-	ktime_t now, delta;
+	ktime_t now;
 
 	now = ktime_get();
-	if (ts->idle_active) {
-		delta = ktime_sub(now, ts->idle_entrytime);
-		ts->idle_lastupdate = now;
-		ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
-	}
+
+	update_ts_time_stats(ts, now);
+
 	ts->idle_entrytime = now;
 	ts->idle_active = 1;
 	sched_clock_idle_sleep_event();