diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 3e1fd96c6cf9..5a5ea2cd924f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ static void run_rebalance_domains(struct softirq_action *h)
 
 static inline int on_null_domain(int cpu)
 {
-	return !rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd);
+	return !rcu_dereference_sched(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd);
 }
 
 /*