diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 762bb0f1a7df..8706a7b2a559 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8076,11 +8076,9 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
 	struct sched_group *sg = env->sd->groups;
 	struct sg_lb_stats *local = &sds->local_stat;
 	struct sg_lb_stats tmp_sgs;
-	int load_idx, prefer_sibling = 0;
+	int load_idx;
 	bool overload = false;
-
-	if (child && child->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING)
-		prefer_sibling = 1;
+	bool prefer_sibling = child && child->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 	if (env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && READ_ONCE(nohz.has_blocked))