diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 8b0a15e285f9..cd64c979d0e1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ static void enqueue_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (leftmost)
+	if (leftmost) {
 		dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_leftmost = &p->pushable_dl_tasks;
+		dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = p->dl.deadline;
+	}
 
 	rb_link_node(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, parent, link);
 	rb_insert_color(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, &dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_root);
@@ -195,6 +197,10 @@ static void dequeue_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 
 		next_node = rb_next(&p->pushable_dl_tasks);
 		dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_leftmost = next_node;
+		if (next_node) {
+			dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = rb_entry(next_node,
+				struct task_struct, pushable_dl_tasks)->dl.deadline;
+		}
 	}
 
 	rb_erase(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, &dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_root);
@@ -782,42 +788,14 @@ static void update_curr_dl(struct rq *rq)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
-static struct task_struct *pick_next_earliest_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu);
-
-static inline u64 next_deadline(struct rq *rq)
-{
-	struct task_struct *next = pick_next_earliest_dl_task(rq, rq->cpu);
-
-	if (next && dl_prio(next->prio))
-		return next->dl.deadline;
-	else
-		return 0;
-}
-
 static void inc_dl_deadline(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, u64 deadline)
 {
 	struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
 
 	if (dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr == 0 ||
 	    dl_time_before(deadline, dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr)) {
-		/*
-		 * If the dl_rq had no -deadline tasks, or if the new task
-		 * has shorter deadline than the current one on dl_rq, we
-		 * know that the previous earliest becomes our next earliest,
-		 * as the new task becomes the earliest itself.
-		 */
-		dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr;
 		dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr = deadline;
 		cpudl_set(&rq->rd->cpudl, rq->cpu, deadline, 1);
-	} else if (dl_rq->earliest_dl.next == 0 ||
-		   dl_time_before(deadline, dl_rq->earliest_dl.next)) {
-		/*
-		 * On the other hand, if the new -deadline task has a
-		 * a later deadline than the earliest one on dl_rq, but
-		 * it is earlier than the next (if any), we must
-		 * recompute the next-earliest.
-		 */
-		dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = next_deadline(rq);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -839,7 +817,6 @@ static void dec_dl_deadline(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, u64 deadline)
 
 		entry = rb_entry(leftmost, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
 		dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr = entry->deadline;
-		dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = next_deadline(rq);
 		cpudl_set(&rq->rd->cpudl, rq->cpu, entry->deadline, 1);
 	}
 }
@@ -1274,28 +1251,6 @@ static int pick_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Returns the second earliest -deadline task, NULL otherwise */
-static struct task_struct *pick_next_earliest_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
-{
-	struct rb_node *next_node = rq->dl.rb_leftmost;
-	struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se;
-	struct task_struct *p = NULL;
-
-next_node:
-	next_node = rb_next(next_node);
-	if (next_node) {
-		dl_se = rb_entry(next_node, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
-		p = dl_task_of(dl_se);
-
-		if (pick_dl_task(rq, p, cpu))
-			return p;
-
-		goto next_node;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /*
  * Return the earliest pushable rq's task, which is suitable to be executed
  * on the CPU, NULL otherwise: