diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 1ab66a227b51..c2266c43e993 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static struct task_struct *_pick_next_task_rt(struct rq *rq)
 
 	rt_rq = &rq->rt;
 
-	if (unlikely(!rt_rq->rt_nr_running))
+	if (!rt_rq->rt_nr_running)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (rt_rq_throttled(rt_rq))