diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 54648e625efd..4759917adc71 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ extern void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
 
 static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	if (likely(!timer->start_pid))
+	if (likely(!timer->start_site))
 		return;
 	timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site,
 				 timer->function, timer->start_comm, 0);