diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index ce32cf741b25..8f0644af40be 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -917,9 +917,6 @@ static void check_process_timers(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	struct task_cputime cputime;
 	unsigned long soft;
 
-	if (dl_task(tsk))
-		check_dl_overrun(tsk);
-
 	/*
 	 * If cputimer is not running, then there are no active
 	 * process wide timers (POSIX 1.b, itimers, RLIMIT_CPU).