diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9657c7de5f576a17c4f7c878dde383bef03d8938..1ad79aaaaf936280ec8c93bdfd2e0f68f8d5ed51 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6355,6 +6355,8 @@ static int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, int target)
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(target), p->cpus_ptr) {
+		if (cpu == target)
+			continue;
 		if (available_idle_cpu(cpu) || sched_idle_cpu(cpu))
 			return cpu;
 	}