diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 5fc8d6a25b9ade643af7a1175168baed473cf257..e9e4765b0d6e09479bb07e8638f65ee24f24f8e1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7334,7 +7334,7 @@ static bool core_has_spare(int cpu)
 {
 	int core_id = cpumask_first(cpu_smt_mask(cpu));
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(core_id);
-	unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu);
+	unsigned long util = cpu_util(core_id);
 	unsigned long capacity = rq->cpu_capacity;
 
 	if (sysctl_sched_util_ratio == 100)