diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index b515e3caad7f06531c8c669ff993bd1b1ea74f18..3df33da0dafc9caf82b637ca372e6de709b6c2bc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4617,17 +4617,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sched_yield(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __resched_legal(int expected_preempt_count)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-	if (unlikely(preempt_count() != expected_preempt_count))
-		return 0;
-#endif
-	if (unlikely(system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING))
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void __cond_resched(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
@@ -4647,7 +4636,8 @@ static void __cond_resched(void)
 
 int __sched cond_resched(void)
 {
-	if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(0)) {
+	if (need_resched() && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE) &&
+					system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
 		__cond_resched();
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -4673,7 +4663,7 @@ int cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
 		ret = 1;
 		spin_lock(lock);
 	}
-	if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(1)) {
+	if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
 		spin_release(&lock->dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
 		_raw_spin_unlock(lock);
 		preempt_enable_no_resched();
@@ -4689,7 +4679,7 @@ int __sched cond_resched_softirq(void)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!in_softirq());
 
-	if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(0)) {
+	if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
 		raw_local_irq_disable();
 		_local_bh_enable();
 		raw_local_irq_enable();