diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index e25053a0e4cc..02a77ac08399 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <linux/percpu-rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
-#include <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/power.h>
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
@@ -1325,27 +1324,6 @@ void cpuhp_online_idle(enum cpuhp_state state)
 	complete_ap_thread(st, true);
 }
 
-static int switch_to_rt_policy(void)
-{
-	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1 };
-	unsigned int policy = current->policy;
-
-	if (policy == SCHED_NORMAL)
-		/* Switch to SCHED_FIFO from SCHED_NORMAL. */
-		return sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
-	else if (policy == SCHED_FIFO || policy == SCHED_RR)
-		return 1;
-	else
-		return -EPERM;
-}
-
-static int switch_to_fair_policy(void)
-{
-	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
-
-	return sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-}
-
 /* Requires cpu_add_remove_lock to be held */
 static int _cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen, enum cpuhp_state target)
 {
@@ -1410,7 +1388,6 @@ static int _cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen, enum cpuhp_state target)
 static int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_state target)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	int switch_err;
 
 	if (!cpu_possible(cpu)) {
 		pr_err("can't online cpu %d because it is not configured as may-hotadd at boot time\n",
@@ -1421,23 +1398,9 @@ static int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_state target)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * CPU hotplug operations consists of many steps and each step
-	 * calls a callback of core kernel subsystem. CPU hotplug-in
-	 * operation may get preempted by other CFS tasks and whole
-	 * operation of cpu hotplug in CPU gets delayed. Switch the
-	 * current task to SCHED_FIFO from SCHED_NORMAL, so that
-	 * hotplug in operation may complete quickly in heavy loaded
-	 * conditions and new CPU will start handle the workload.
-	 */
-
-	switch_err = switch_to_rt_policy();
-	if (switch_err < 0)
-		return switch_err;
-
 	err = try_online_node(cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (err)
-		goto switch_out;
+		return err;
 
 	cpu_maps_update_begin();
 
@@ -1453,14 +1416,6 @@ static int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_state target)
 	err = _cpu_up(cpu, 0, target);
 out:
 	cpu_maps_update_done();
-switch_out:
-	if (!switch_err) {
-		switch_err = switch_to_fair_policy();
-		if (switch_err)
-			pr_err("Hotplug policy switch err=%d Task %s pid=%d\n",
-				switch_err, current->comm, current->pid);
-	}
-
 	return err;
 }