diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f66920173370..17a954c9e153 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3416,7 +3416,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(bool preempt)
 
 	switch_count = &prev->nivcsw;
 	if (!preempt && prev->state) {
-		if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(prev->state, prev))) {
+		if (signal_pending_state(prev->state, prev)) {
 			prev->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 		} else {
 			deactivate_task(rq, prev, DEQUEUE_SLEEP | DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/swait.c b/kernel/sched/swait.c
index 66b59ac77c22..e83a3f8449f6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/swait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/swait.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ long prepare_to_swait_event(struct swait_queue_head *q, struct swait_queue *wait
 	long ret = 0;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
-	if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(state, current))) {
+	if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) {
 		/*
 		 * See prepare_to_wait_event(). TL;DR, subsequent swake_up_one()
 		 * must not see us.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait.c b/kernel/sched/wait.c
index 5dd47f1103d1..6eb1f8efd221 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ long prepare_to_wait_event(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_en
 	long ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
-	if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(state, current))) {
+	if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) {
 		/*
 		 * Exclusive waiter must not fail if it was selected by wakeup,
 		 * it should "consume" the condition we were waiting for.