diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2b2593f08989..970e6cd72690 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7421,11 +7421,6 @@ static bool dequeue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int cfs_h_nr_delayed(struct rq *rq)
-{
-	return (rq->cfs.h_nr_queued - rq->cfs.h_nr_runnable);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 /* Working cpumask for: sched_balance_rq(), sched_balance_newidle(). */
@@ -7587,12 +7582,8 @@ wake_affine_idle(int this_cpu, int prev_cpu, int sync)
 	if (available_idle_cpu(this_cpu) && cpus_share_cache(this_cpu, prev_cpu))
 		return available_idle_cpu(prev_cpu) ? prev_cpu : this_cpu;
 
-	if (sync) {
-		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(this_cpu);
-
-		if ((rq->nr_running - cfs_h_nr_delayed(rq)) == 1)
-			return this_cpu;
-	}
+	if (sync && cpu_rq(this_cpu)->nr_running == 1)
+		return this_cpu;
 
 	if (available_idle_cpu(prev_cpu))
 		return prev_cpu;