diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index fecfcdd..7b50936 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -609,7 +609,9 @@
 	/* We want all CPUs to do sampling nearly on same jiffy */
 	int delay = usecs_to_jiffies(dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate);
 
-	delay -= jiffies % delay;
+	if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
+		delay -= jiffies % delay;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dbs_info->timer_mutex);
 
 	/* Common NORMAL_SAMPLE setup */
@@ -634,7 +636,9 @@
 {
 	/* We want all CPUs to do sampling nearly on same jiffy */
 	int delay = usecs_to_jiffies(dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate);
-	delay -= jiffies % delay;
+
+	if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
+		delay -= jiffies % delay;
 
 	dbs_info->sample_type = DBS_NORMAL_SAMPLE;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_DEFERRABLE(&dbs_info->work, do_dbs_timer);