diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8a0e6bdba50d..2f81e4ae844e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4942,6 +4942,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart sched_cfs_period_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 		if (!overrun)
 			break;
 
+		idle = do_sched_cfs_period_timer(cfs_b, overrun, flags);
+
 		if (++count > 3) {
 			u64 new, old = ktime_to_ns(cfs_b->period);
 
@@ -4971,8 +4973,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart sched_cfs_period_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 			/* reset count so we don't come right back in here */
 			count = 0;
 		}
-
-		idle = do_sched_cfs_period_timer(cfs_b, overrun, flags);
 	}
 	if (idle)
 		cfs_b->period_active = 0;