diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4088eedea763..039de34f1521 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4269,7 +4269,7 @@ static void sync_throttle(struct task_group *tg, int cpu)
 	pcfs_rq = tg->parent->cfs_rq[cpu];
 
 	cfs_rq->throttle_count = pcfs_rq->throttle_count;
-	pcfs_rq->throttled_clock_task = rq_clock_task(cpu_rq(cpu));
+	cfs_rq->throttled_clock_task = rq_clock_task(cpu_rq(cpu));
 }
 
 /* conditionally throttle active cfs_rq's from put_prev_entity() */