diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 98dab3e4be08..b1c97664a730 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -130,23 +130,6 @@ static inline int task_cputime_zero(const struct task_cputime *cputime)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline u64 prof_ticks(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	u64 utime, stime;
-
-	task_cputime(p, &utime, &stime);
-
-	return utime + stime;
-}
-static inline u64 virt_ticks(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	u64 utime, stime;
-
-	task_cputime(p, &utime, &stime);
-
-	return utime;
-}
-
 static int
 posix_cpu_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec64 *tp)
 {
@@ -184,13 +167,18 @@ posix_cpu_clock_set(const clockid_t clock, const struct timespec64 *tp)
  */
 static u64 cpu_clock_sample(const clockid_t clkid, struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	u64 utime, stime;
+
+	if (clkid == CPUCLOCK_SCHED)
+		return task_sched_runtime(p);
+
+	task_cputime(p, &utime, &stime);
+
 	switch (clkid) {
 	case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
-		return prof_ticks(p);
+		return utime + stime;
 	case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
-		return virt_ticks(p);
-	case CPUCLOCK_SCHED:
-		return task_sched_runtime(p);
+		return utime;
 	default:
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}