diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index 9c3aed1d66a8..0281da0b3e96 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ void set_sched_cluster(void)
 }
 
 /* set via /proc/sys/kernel/sched_cluster */
-unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_cluster = 1;
+unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_cluster;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_cluster_mutex);
 int sched_cluster_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,