diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bc358dc4faeb..f5da01a6b35a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 		target = wake_affine_weight(sd, p, this_cpu, prev_cpu, sync);
 
 	schedstat_inc(p->stats.nr_wakeups_affine_attempts);
-	if (target == nr_cpumask_bits)
+	if (target != this_cpu)
 		return prev_cpu;
 
 	schedstat_inc(sd->ttwu_move_affine);