diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d3b9df5962c2..923c6b5667db 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5362,7 +5362,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swevent_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 	regs = get_irq_regs();
 
 	if (regs && !perf_exclude_event(event, regs)) {
-		if (!(event->attr.exclude_idle && current->pid == 0))
+		if (!(event->attr.exclude_idle && is_idle_task(current)))
 			if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
 				ret = HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 	}