diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1b7cb5e9581664b2b0acb6b7da432fa145688d10..5b420d29bce33e5b41ec8ed015a309f768fe1804 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ bool sched_can_stop_tick(void)
 	if (current->policy == SCHED_RR) {
 		struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se = &current->rt;
 
-		return rt_se->run_list.prev == rt_se->run_list.next;
+		return list_is_singular(&rt_se->run_list);
 	}
 
 	/*