diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index e929e70a84e3c96af13da6d7730d14276b5e6874..afb92d4fbcf5d89ec0d64bd31333a9d315c414d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ static noinline void spusched_tick(struct spu_context *ctx)
 			spu_add_to_rq(ctx);
 	} else {
 		spu_context_nospu_trace(spusched_tick__newslice, ctx);
-		ctx->time_slice++;
+		if (!ctx->time_slice)
+			ctx->time_slice++;
 	}
 out:
 	spu_release(ctx);