diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bdd28fbad7a3..cca1835efa7b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5737,8 +5737,9 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 {
 	struct sched_group *idlest = NULL, *group = sd->groups;
 	struct sched_group *most_spare_sg = NULL;
-	unsigned long min_runnable_load = ULONG_MAX, this_runnable_load = 0;
-	unsigned long min_avg_load = ULONG_MAX, this_avg_load = 0;
+	unsigned long min_runnable_load = ULONG_MAX;
+	unsigned long this_runnable_load = ULONG_MAX;
+	unsigned long min_avg_load = ULONG_MAX, this_avg_load = ULONG_MAX;
 	unsigned long most_spare = 0, this_spare = 0;
 	int load_idx = sd->forkexec_idx;
 	int imbalance_scale = 100 + (sd->imbalance_pct-100)/2;