diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 19af58f3a261..a88f4a485c5e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4902,6 +4902,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_domain *, sd_asym);
 static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
+	struct sched_domain *busy_sd = NULL;
 	int id = cpu;
 	int size = 1;
 
@@ -4909,9 +4910,9 @@ static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu)
 	if (sd) {
 		id = cpumask_first(sched_domain_span(sd));
 		size = cpumask_weight(sched_domain_span(sd));
-		sd = sd->parent; /* sd_busy */
+		busy_sd = sd->parent; /* sd_busy */
 	}
-	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), sd);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), busy_sd);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_llc, cpu), sd);
 	per_cpu(sd_llc_size, cpu) = size;