diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index cdebd8089cb0..16b419bb8b0a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void update_min_vruntime(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 						   struct sched_entity,
 						   run_node);
 
-		if (vruntime == cfs_rq->min_vruntime)
+		if (!cfs_rq->curr)
 			vruntime = se->vruntime;
 		else
 			vruntime = min_vruntime(vruntime, se->vruntime);