diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 54fff81099225f2b66cd20e5023159241aed3f63..1b2dd5220170873c1c24ba2112ad0fa9b523dda2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6854,8 +6854,6 @@ struct sched_domain *build_sched_domain(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
 		struct sched_domain *child, int cpu)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd = sd_init(tl, cpu);
-	if (!sd)
-		return child;
 
 	cpumask_and(sched_domain_span(sd), cpu_map, tl->mask(cpu));
 	if (child) {