diff --git a/sys/kern/sched_ule.c b/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
index 5c8bae5afa1b..e1d2b5f34b60 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sched_ule.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,6 @@ sched_setup(void *dummy)
 
 	/* Add thread0's load since it's running. */
 	TDQ_LOCK(tdq);
-	td_get_sched(&thread0)->ts_cpu = curcpu; /* Something valid to start */
 	thread0.td_lock = TDQ_LOCKPTR(TDQ_SELF());
 	tdq_load_add(tdq, &thread0);
 	tdq->tdq_lowpri = thread0.td_priority;
@@ -1642,6 +1641,7 @@ schedinit(void)
 	ts0->ts_ltick = ticks;
 	ts0->ts_ftick = ticks;
 	ts0->ts_slice = 0;
+	ts0->ts_cpu = curcpu;	/* set valid CPU number */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2453,7 +2453,6 @@ sched_add(struct thread *td, int flags)
 	 * Pick the destination cpu and if it isn't ours transfer to the
 	 * target cpu.
 	 */
-	td_get_sched(td)->ts_cpu = curcpu; /* Pick something valid to start */
 	cpu = sched_pickcpu(td, flags);
 	tdq = sched_setcpu(td, cpu, flags);
 	tdq_add(tdq, td, flags);