diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2bdd17616437..d5594a4268d4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6268,11 +6268,8 @@ int sched_domain_level_max;
 
 static int __init setup_relax_domain_level(char *str)
 {
-	unsigned long val;
-
-	val = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
-	if (val < sched_domain_level_max)
-		default_relax_domain_level = val;
+	if (kstrtoint(str, 0, &default_relax_domain_level))
+		pr_warn("Unable to set relax_domain_level\n");
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -6698,7 +6695,6 @@ struct sched_domain *build_sched_domain(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
 	if (!sd)
 		return child;
 
-	set_domain_attribute(sd, attr);
 	cpumask_and(sched_domain_span(sd), cpu_map, tl->mask(cpu));
 	if (child) {
 		sd->level = child->level + 1;
@@ -6706,6 +6702,7 @@ struct sched_domain *build_sched_domain(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
 		child->parent = sd;
 	}
 	sd->child = child;
+	set_domain_attribute(sd, attr);
 
 	return sd;
 }