diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index f2a2975042871e..5f0e201bcfd3b8 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static long compat_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 
 	if (ret) {
-		restart->fn = compat_nanosleep_restart;
 		restart->arg1 = (unsigned long)rmtp;
 
 		if (rmtp && put_compat_timespec(&rmt, rmtp))
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 355085f0896ed5..3f4a57c7895d53 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1340,8 +1340,6 @@ long __sched hrtimer_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 	struct hrtimer_sleeper t;
 	struct timespec __user  *rmtp;
 
-	restart->fn = do_no_restart_syscall;
-
 	hrtimer_init(&t.timer, restart->arg0, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 	t.timer.expires.tv64 = ((u64)restart->arg3 << 32) | (u64) restart->arg2;
 
@@ -1355,8 +1353,6 @@ long __sched hrtimer_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	restart->fn = hrtimer_nanosleep_restart;
-
 	/* The other values in restart are already filled in */
 	return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 }