diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4df37a48f499..3bdc3da7bc6a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7881,7 +7881,7 @@ static void task_tick_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, int queued)
 		entity_tick(cfs_rq, se, queued);
 	}
 
-	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_numa_balancing))
+	if (static_branch_unlikely(&sched_numa_balancing))
 		task_tick_numa(rq, curr);
 }