diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c1808606ee5f..a1591ca7eb5a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4910,8 +4910,9 @@ static void update_top_cache_domain(int cpu)
 	if (sd) {
 		id = cpumask_first(sched_domain_span(sd));
 		size = cpumask_weight(sched_domain_span(sd));
-		rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), sd->parent);
+		sd = sd->parent; /* sd_busy */
 	}
+	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu), sd);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(sd_llc, cpu), sd);
 	per_cpu(sd_llc_size, cpu) = size;