diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index ef5b9f6b1d42..46122edd8552 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -2088,17 +2088,13 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	deactivate_task(rq, next_task, 0);
-	sub_running_bw(&next_task->dl, &rq->dl);
-	sub_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &rq->dl);
 	set_task_cpu(next_task, later_rq->cpu);
-	add_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
 
 	/*
 	 * Update the later_rq clock here, because the clock is used
 	 * by the cpufreq_update_util() inside __add_running_bw().
 	 */
 	update_rq_clock(later_rq);
-	add_running_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
 	activate_task(later_rq, next_task, ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK);
 	ret = 1;
 
@@ -2186,11 +2182,7 @@ static void pull_dl_task(struct rq *this_rq)
 			resched = true;
 
 			deactivate_task(src_rq, p, 0);
-			sub_running_bw(&p->dl, &src_rq->dl);
-			sub_rq_bw(&p->dl, &src_rq->dl);
 			set_task_cpu(p, this_cpu);
-			add_rq_bw(&p->dl, &this_rq->dl);
-			add_running_bw(&p->dl, &this_rq->dl);
 			activate_task(this_rq, p, 0);
 			dmin = p->dl.deadline;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 7acc632c3b82..23fbbcc414d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 
 	if (!rcu_access_pointer(group->poll_kworker)) {
 		struct sched_param param = {
-			.sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1,
+			.sched_priority = 1,
 		};
 		struct kthread_worker *kworker;
 
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 			mutex_unlock(&group->trigger_lock);
 			return ERR_CAST(kworker);
 		}
-		sched_setscheduler(kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
 		kthread_init_delayed_work(&group->poll_work,
 				psi_poll_work);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(group->poll_kworker, kworker);