diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1c4e54fffb8b..91c101ecfef9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6656,7 +6656,7 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, int core, struct cpumask *cpu
 		if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu)) {
 			idle = false;
 			if (*idle_cpu == -1) {
-				if (sched_idle_cpu(cpu) && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
+				if (sched_idle_cpu(cpu) && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpus)) {
 					*idle_cpu = cpu;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -6664,7 +6664,7 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, int core, struct cpumask *cpu
 			}
 			break;
 		}
-		if (*idle_cpu == -1 && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
+		if (*idle_cpu == -1 && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpus))
 			*idle_cpu = cpu;
 	}