diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 91a894264941..84af54c39e1b 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static void process_timer_rebalance(struct task_struct *p,
 		left = cputime_div(cputime_sub(expires.cpu, val.cpu),
 				   nthreads);
 		do {
-			if (!unlikely(t->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+			if (likely(!(t->flags & PF_EXITING))) {
 				ticks = cputime_add(prof_ticks(t), left);
 				if (cputime_eq(t->it_prof_expires,
 					       cputime_zero) ||
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static void process_timer_rebalance(struct task_struct *p,
 		left = cputime_div(cputime_sub(expires.cpu, val.cpu),
 				   nthreads);
 		do {
-			if (!unlikely(t->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+			if (likely(!(t->flags & PF_EXITING))) {
 				ticks = cputime_add(virt_ticks(t), left);
 				if (cputime_eq(t->it_virt_expires,
 					       cputime_zero) ||
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static void process_timer_rebalance(struct task_struct *p,
 		nsleft = expires.sched - val.sched;
 		do_div(nsleft, nthreads);
 		do {
-			if (!unlikely(t->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+			if (likely(!(t->flags & PF_EXITING))) {
 				ns = t->sched_time + nsleft;
 				if (t->it_sched_expires == 0 ||
 				    t->it_sched_expires > ns) {