diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index cea2fa853274..525d69e5fb78 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5190,8 +5190,8 @@ static void task_tick_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, int queued)
  */
 static void task_fork_fair(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = task_cfs_rq(current);
-	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se, *curr = cfs_rq->curr;
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
+	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se, *curr;
 	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct rq *rq = this_rq();
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -5200,6 +5200,9 @@ static void task_fork_fair(struct task_struct *p)
 
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
 
+	cfs_rq = task_cfs_rq(current);
+	curr = cfs_rq->curr;
+
 	if (unlikely(task_cpu(p) != this_cpu)) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		__set_task_cpu(p, this_cpu);