diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index ccecfec02a70..1997383ba4d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void update_cfs_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int global_update)
 	u64 now, delta;
 	unsigned long load = cfs_rq->load.weight;
 
-	if (!cfs_rq)
+	if (cfs_rq->tg == &root_task_group)
 		return;
 
 	now = rq_of(cfs_rq)->clock;
@@ -830,9 +830,6 @@ static void update_cfs_shares(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long weight_delta)
 	struct sched_entity *se;
 	long shares;
 
-	if (!cfs_rq)
-		return;
-
 	tg = cfs_rq->tg;
 	se = tg->se[cpu_of(rq_of(cfs_rq))];
 	if (!se)