diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 9826766..66f6130 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
 {
 	refresh_cpu_vm_stats(smp_processor_id());
 	schedule_delayed_work(&__get_cpu_var(vmstat_work),
-		sysctl_stat_interval);
+		round_jiffies_relative(sysctl_stat_interval));
 }
 
 static void __cpuinit start_cpu_timer(int cpu)
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@
 	struct delayed_work *vmstat_work = &per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu);
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_DEFERRABLE(vmstat_work, vmstat_update);
-	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, vmstat_work, HZ + cpu);
+	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, vmstat_work,
+				 __round_jiffies_relative(HZ, cpu));
 }
 
 /*