diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index af932fcc63a97e55e9a0d9afce434afaa4f7641a..09b0d83d5bbc7d986ee9788db54e65498e1a34c2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ void task_tick_numa(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr)
 	/*
 	 * We don't care about NUMA placement if we don't have memory.
 	 */
-	if (!curr->mm || (curr->flags & PF_EXITING) || work->next != work)
+	if ((curr->flags & (PF_EXITING | PF_KTHREAD)) || work->next != work)
 		return;
 
 	/*