diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e75cab5820ab..5dafac366811 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -433,14 +433,29 @@ struct cpu_itimer {
 	u32 incr_error;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct cputime - snaphsot of system and user cputime
+ * @utime: time spent in user mode
+ * @stime: time spent in system mode
+ *
+ * Gathers a generic snapshot of user and system time.
+ */
+struct cputime {
+	cputime_t utime;
+	cputime_t stime;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct task_cputime - collected CPU time counts
  * @utime:		time spent in user mode, in &cputime_t units
  * @stime:		time spent in kernel mode, in &cputime_t units
  * @sum_exec_runtime:	total time spent on the CPU, in nanoseconds
  *
- * This structure groups together three kinds of CPU time that are
- * tracked for threads and thread groups.  Most things considering
+ * This is an extension of struct cputime that includes the total runtime
+ * spent by the task from the scheduler point of view.
+ *
+ * As a result, this structure groups together three kinds of CPU time
+ * that are tracked for threads and thread groups.  Most things considering
  * CPU time want to group these counts together and treat all three
  * of them in parallel.
  */
@@ -581,7 +596,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	cputime_t gtime;
 	cputime_t cgtime;
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
-	cputime_t prev_utime, prev_stime;
+	struct cputime prev_cputime;
 #endif
 	unsigned long nvcsw, nivcsw, cnvcsw, cnivcsw;
 	unsigned long min_flt, maj_flt, cmin_flt, cmaj_flt;
@@ -1340,7 +1355,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	cputime_t utime, stime, utimescaled, stimescaled;
 	cputime_t gtime;
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
-	cputime_t prev_utime, prev_stime;
+	struct cputime prev_cputime;
 #endif
 	unsigned long nvcsw, nivcsw; /* context switch counts */
 	struct timespec start_time; 		/* monotonic time */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 8b20ab7d3aa2..0e7cdb90476f 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	p->utime = p->stime = p->gtime = 0;
 	p->utimescaled = p->stimescaled = 0;
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
-	p->prev_utime = p->prev_stime = 0;
+	p->prev_cputime.utime = p->prev_cputime.stime = 0;
 #endif
 #if defined(SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING)
 	memset(&p->rss_stat, 0, sizeof(p->rss_stat));
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
index 7dc155371b95..220fdc4db770 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
@@ -516,14 +516,18 @@ static cputime_t scale_utime(cputime_t utime, cputime_t rtime, cputime_t total)
 	return (__force cputime_t) temp;
 }
 
-void task_cputime_adjusted(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
+static void cputime_adjust(struct task_cputime *curr,
+			   struct cputime *prev,
+			   cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
 {
-	cputime_t rtime, utime = p->utime, total = utime + p->stime;
+	cputime_t rtime, utime, total;
 
+	utime = curr->utime;
+	total = utime + curr->stime;
 	/*
 	 * Use CFS's precise accounting:
 	 */
-	rtime = nsecs_to_cputime(p->se.sum_exec_runtime);
+	rtime = nsecs_to_cputime(curr->sum_exec_runtime);
 
 	if (total)
 		utime = scale_utime(utime, rtime, total);
@@ -533,11 +537,22 @@ void task_cputime_adjusted(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
 	/*
 	 * Compare with previous values, to keep monotonicity:
 	 */
-	p->prev_utime = max(p->prev_utime, utime);
-	p->prev_stime = max(p->prev_stime, rtime - p->prev_utime);
+	prev->utime = max(prev->utime, utime);
+	prev->stime = max(prev->stime, rtime - prev->utime);
 
-	*ut = p->prev_utime;
-	*st = p->prev_stime;
+	*ut = prev->utime;
+	*st = prev->stime;
+}
+
+void task_cputime_adjusted(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
+{
+	struct task_cputime cputime = {
+		.utime = p->utime,
+		.stime = p->stime,
+		.sum_exec_runtime = p->se.sum_exec_runtime,
+	};
+
+	cputime_adjust(&cputime, &p->prev_cputime, ut, st);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -545,24 +560,9 @@ void task_cputime_adjusted(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
  */
 void thread_group_cputime_adjusted(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *st)
 {
-	struct signal_struct *sig = p->signal;
 	struct task_cputime cputime;
-	cputime_t rtime, utime, total;
 
 	thread_group_cputime(p, &cputime);
-
-	total = cputime.utime + cputime.stime;
-	rtime = nsecs_to_cputime(cputime.sum_exec_runtime);
-
-	if (total)
-		utime = scale_utime(cputime.utime, rtime, total);
-	else
-		utime = rtime;
-
-	sig->prev_utime = max(sig->prev_utime, utime);
-	sig->prev_stime = max(sig->prev_stime, rtime - sig->prev_utime);
-
-	*ut = sig->prev_utime;
-	*st = sig->prev_stime;
+	cputime_adjust(&cputime, &p->signal->prev_cputime, ut, st);
 }
 #endif