diff --git a/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
index 0b55834efd46..d963cfd3a0c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/cpufreq.h
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #define SCHED_CPUFREQ_RT	(1U << 0)
-#define SCHED_CPUFREQ_DL	(1U << 1)
-#define SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT	(1U << 2)
+#define SCHED_CPUFREQ_IOWAIT	(1U << 1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
 struct update_util_data {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 8b7c2b35bec9..d1c7bf7c7e5b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void __add_running_bw(u64 dl_bw, struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
 	SCHED_WARN_ON(dl_rq->running_bw < old); /* overflow */
 	SCHED_WARN_ON(dl_rq->running_bw > dl_rq->this_bw);
 	/* kick cpufreq (see the comment in kernel/sched/sched.h). */
-	cpufreq_update_util(rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq), SCHED_CPUFREQ_DL);
+	cpufreq_update_util(rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq), 0);
 }
 
 static inline
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void __sub_running_bw(u64 dl_bw, struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
 	if (dl_rq->running_bw > old)
 		dl_rq->running_bw = 0;
 	/* kick cpufreq (see the comment in kernel/sched/sched.h). */
-	cpufreq_update_util(rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq), SCHED_CPUFREQ_DL);
+	cpufreq_update_util(rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq), 0);
 }
 
 static inline