diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index f592ce6f8616..a8845516ace6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5011,6 +5011,17 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If not changing anything there's no need to proceed further:
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(policy == p->policy && (!rt_policy(policy) ||
+			param->sched_priority == p->rt_priority))) {
+
+		__task_rq_unlock(rq);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 	if (user) {
 		/*