diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
index 45efe86e8b08..a781c59b93c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static unsigned long long notrace cyc_to_sched_clock(u32 cyc, u32 mask)
 	u64 epoch_ns;
 	u32 epoch_cyc;
 
-	if (cd.suspended)
-		return cd.epoch_ns;
-
 	/*
 	 * Load the epoch_cyc and epoch_ns atomically.  We do this by
 	 * ensuring that we always write epoch_cyc, epoch_ns and
@@ -174,6 +171,9 @@ unsigned long long __read_mostly (*sched_clock_func)(void) = sched_clock_32;
 
 unsigned long long notrace sched_clock(void)
 {
+	if (cd.suspended)
+		return cd.epoch_ns;
+
 	return sched_clock_func();
 }