diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index a8e12601eb37dca5694faa1a5bfc9cb5e45497f1..8458ec9d3d9fa83df9502099ea193cdc94ca6e82 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void free_object(struct debug_obj *obj)
 	 * initialized:
 	 */
 	if (obj_pool_free > ODEBUG_POOL_SIZE && obj_cache)
-		sched = keventd_up();
+		sched = 1;
 	hlist_add_head(&obj->node, &obj_pool);
 	obj_pool_free++;
 	obj_pool_used--;