diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index a09502e2ef75..7c1a67ef0274 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -500,22 +500,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklet_kill);
  */
 
 /*
- * The trampoline is called when the hrtimer expires. If this is
- * called from the hrtimer interrupt then we schedule the tasklet as
- * the timer callback function expects to run in softirq context. If
- * it's called in softirq context anyway (i.e. high resolution timers
- * disabled) then the hrtimer callback is called right away.
+ * The trampoline is called when the hrtimer expires. It schedules a tasklet
+ * to run __tasklet_hrtimer_trampoline() which in turn will call the intended
+ * hrtimer callback, but from softirq context.
  */
 static enum hrtimer_restart __hrtimer_tasklet_trampoline(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
 	struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer =
 		container_of(timer, struct tasklet_hrtimer, timer);
 
-	if (hrtimer_is_hres_active(timer)) {
-		tasklet_hi_schedule(&ttimer->tasklet);
-		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
-	}
-	return ttimer->function(timer);
+	tasklet_hi_schedule(&ttimer->tasklet);
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 /*