diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 2313a4cc14ea..e976e505648d 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -680,6 +680,33 @@ static void cpu_timer_fire(struct k_itimer *timer)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Sample a process (thread group) timer for the given group_leader task.
+ * Must be called with tasklist_lock held for reading.
+ */
+static int cpu_timer_sample_group(const clockid_t which_clock,
+				  struct task_struct *p,
+				  union cpu_time_count *cpu)
+{
+	struct task_cputime cputime;
+
+	thread_group_cputimer(p, &cputime);
+	switch (CPUCLOCK_WHICH(which_clock)) {
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
+		cpu->cpu = cputime_add(cputime.utime, cputime.stime);
+		break;
+	case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
+		cpu->cpu = cputime.utime;
+		break;
+	case CPUCLOCK_SCHED:
+		cpu->sched = cputime.sum_exec_runtime + task_delta_exec(p);
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Guts of sys_timer_settime for CPU timers.
  * This is called with the timer locked and interrupts disabled.
@@ -741,7 +768,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int flags,
 	if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock)) {
 		cpu_clock_sample(timer->it_clock, p, &val);
 	} else {
-		cpu_clock_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &val);
+		cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &val);
 	}
 
 	if (old) {
@@ -889,7 +916,7 @@ void posix_cpu_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timer, struct itimerspec *itp)
 			read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 			goto dead;
 		} else {
-			cpu_clock_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
+			cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
 			clear_dead = (unlikely(p->exit_state) &&
 				      thread_group_empty(p));
 		}
@@ -1244,7 +1271,7 @@ void posix_cpu_timer_schedule(struct k_itimer *timer)
 			clear_dead_task(timer, now);
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
-		cpu_clock_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
+		cpu_timer_sample_group(timer->it_clock, p, &now);
 		bump_cpu_timer(timer, now);
 		/* Leave the tasklist_lock locked for the call below.  */
 	}
@@ -1408,33 +1435,6 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Sample a process (thread group) timer for the given group_leader task.
- * Must be called with tasklist_lock held for reading.
- */
-static int cpu_timer_sample_group(const clockid_t which_clock,
-				  struct task_struct *p,
-				  union cpu_time_count *cpu)
-{
-	struct task_cputime cputime;
-
-	thread_group_cputimer(p, &cputime);
-	switch (CPUCLOCK_WHICH(which_clock)) {
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	case CPUCLOCK_PROF:
-		cpu->cpu = cputime_add(cputime.utime, cputime.stime);
-		break;
-	case CPUCLOCK_VIRT:
-		cpu->cpu = cputime.utime;
-		break;
-	case CPUCLOCK_SCHED:
-		cpu->sched = cputime.sum_exec_runtime + task_delta_exec(p);
-		break;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Set one of the process-wide special case CPU timers.
  * The tsk->sighand->siglock must be held by the caller.