diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0c13a41bde81..3d6ce751abb6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4931,14 +4931,12 @@ static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun, u
 	/*
 	 * This check is repeated as we release cfs_b->lock while we unthrottle.
 	 */
-	while (throttled && cfs_b->runtime > 0 && !cfs_b->distribute_running) {
-		cfs_b->distribute_running = 1;
+	while (throttled && cfs_b->runtime > 0) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 		/* we can't nest cfs_b->lock while distributing bandwidth */
 		distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b);
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 
-		cfs_b->distribute_running = 0;
 		throttled = !list_empty(&cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq);
 	}
 
@@ -5052,10 +5050,6 @@ static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 	/* confirm we're still not at a refresh boundary */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 	cfs_b->slack_started = false;
-	if (cfs_b->distribute_running) {
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	if (runtime_refresh_within(cfs_b, min_bandwidth_expiration)) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
@@ -5065,9 +5059,6 @@ static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 	if (cfs_b->quota != RUNTIME_INF && cfs_b->runtime > slice)
 		runtime = cfs_b->runtime;
 
-	if (runtime)
-		cfs_b->distribute_running = 1;
-
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 
 	if (!runtime)
@@ -5076,7 +5067,6 @@ static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 	distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b);
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
-	cfs_b->distribute_running = 0;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -5218,7 +5208,6 @@ void init_cfs_bandwidth(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 	cfs_b->period_timer.function = sched_cfs_period_timer;
 	hrtimer_init(&cfs_b->slack_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	cfs_b->slack_timer.function = sched_cfs_slack_timer;
-	cfs_b->distribute_running = 0;
 	cfs_b->slack_started = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index db3a57675ccf..7198683b2869 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ struct cfs_bandwidth {
 
 	u8			idle;
 	u8			period_active;
-	u8			distribute_running;
 	u8			slack_started;
 	struct hrtimer		period_timer;
 	struct hrtimer		slack_timer;