diff --git a/sched/sched/sched_smp.c b/sched/sched/sched_smp.c
index 98437cbb83..b9315ba91a 100644
--- a/sched/sched/sched_smp.c
+++ b/sched/sched/sched_smp.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ int nxsched_smp_call(cpu_set_t cpuset, nxsched_smp_call_t func,
       CPU_CLR(this_cpu(), &cpuset);
     }
 
-  if (CPU_COUNT(&cpuset) == 0)
+  remote_cpus = CPU_COUNT(&cpuset);
+  if (remote_cpus == 0)
     {
       goto out;
     }
@@ -261,22 +262,17 @@ int nxsched_smp_call(cpu_set_t cpuset, nxsched_smp_call_t func,
 
   call_data->func = func;
   call_data->arg  = arg;
+  call_data->refcount = remote_cpus;
 
   for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS; i++)
     {
       if (CPU_ISSET(i, &cpuset))
         {
           nxsched_smp_call_add(i, call_data);
-          remote_cpus++;
         }
     }
 
-  call_data->refcount = remote_cpus;
-
-  if (remote_cpus > 0)
-    {
-      up_send_smp_call(cpuset);
-    }
+  up_send_smp_call(cpuset);
 
   if (wait)
     {