diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index 7fe2c5fd26b5..23fbbcc414d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
 			mutex_unlock(&group->trigger_lock);
 			return ERR_CAST(kworker);
 		}
-		sched_setscheduler(kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
 		kthread_init_delayed_work(&group->poll_work,
 				psi_poll_work);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(group->poll_kworker, kworker);