diff --git a/PVE/Service/pvestatd.pm b/PVE/Service/pvestatd.pm
index 74813877..e99d3c74 100755
--- a/PVE/Service/pvestatd.pm
+++ b/PVE/Service/pvestatd.pm
@@ -234,6 +234,29 @@ sub rebalance_lxc_containers {
     my @cpu_ctcount = (0) x $max_cpuid;
     my @balanced_cts;
 
+    my $modify_cpuset = sub {
+	my ($vmid, $cpuset, $newset) = @_;
+
+	syslog('info', "modified cpu set for lxc/$vmid: " .
+	       $newset->short_string());
+	eval {
+	    # allow all, so that we can set new cpuset in /ns
+	    $all_cpus->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
+	    eval {
+		$newset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid/ns");
+	    };
+	    if (my $err = $@) {
+		warn $err;
+		# restore original
+		$cpuset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
+	    } else {
+		# also apply to container root cgroup
+		$newset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
+	    }
+	};
+	warn $@ if $@;
+    };
+
     my $ctlist = PVE::LXC::config_list();
 
     foreach my $vmid (sort keys %$ctlist) {
@@ -278,9 +301,7 @@ sub rebalance_lxc_containers {
 	    # Apply hot-plugged changes if any:
 	    if (!$newset->is_equal($cpuset)) {
 		@cpuset_members = $newset->members();
-		syslog('info', "detected changed cpu set for lxc/$vmid: " .
-		       $newset->short_string());
-		$newset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
+		$modify_cpuset->($vmid, $cpuset, $newset);
 	    }
 
 	    # Note: no need to rebalance if we already use all cores
@@ -332,24 +353,7 @@ sub rebalance_lxc_containers {
 	}
 
 	if (!$newset->is_equal($cpuset)) {
-	    syslog('info', "modified cpu set for lxc/$vmid: " .
-		   $newset->short_string());
-	    eval {
-		# allow all, so that we can set new cpuset in /ns
-		$all_cpus->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
-		eval {
-		    $newset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid/ns");
-		};
-		if (my $err = $@) {
-		    warn $err;
-		    # restore original
-		    $cpuset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
-		} else {
-		    # also apply to container root cgroup
-		    $newset->write_to_cgroup("lxc/$vmid");
-		}
-	    };
-	    warn $@ if $@;
+	    $modify_cpuset->($vmid, $cpuset, $newset);
 	}
     }
 }