diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1ad79aaaaf93..03ce65068333 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6321,9 +6321,6 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, int core, struct cpumask *cpu
 	bool idle = true;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_smt_present))
-		return __select_idle_cpu(core, p);
-
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(core)) {
 		if (!available_idle_cpu(cpu)) {
 			idle = false;