diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index a53a610095e6..03ea05bd4c13 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -616,15 +616,10 @@ static inline u64 calc_delta_fair(u64 delta, struct sched_entity *se)
  */
 static u64 __sched_period(unsigned long nr_running)
 {
-	u64 period = sysctl_sched_latency;
-	unsigned long nr_latency = sched_nr_latency;
-
-	if (unlikely(nr_running > nr_latency)) {
-		period = sysctl_sched_min_granularity;
-		period *= nr_running;
-	}
-
-	return period;
+	if (unlikely(nr_running > sched_nr_latency))
+		return nr_running * sysctl_sched_min_granularity;
+	else
+		return sysctl_sched_latency;
 }
 
 /*