diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 96e7147044bb..9807a991dc0e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4521,11 +4521,8 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int wake_f
 	if (p->nr_cpus_allowed == 1)
 		return prev_cpu;
 
-	if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) {
-		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p)))
-			want_affine = 1;
-		new_cpu = prev_cpu;
-	}
+	if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE)
+		want_affine = cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_domain(cpu, tmp) {