diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 6f98a979391f..d42a22f5a098 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -3032,7 +3032,10 @@ static int scx_init_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg, bool fork
 	scx_set_task_state(p, SCX_TASK_INIT);
 
 	if (p->scx.disallow) {
-		if (!fork) {
+		if (unlikely(fork)) {
+			scx_error(sch, "ops.init_task() set task->scx.disallow for %s[%d] during fork",
+				  p->comm, p->pid);
+		} else {
 			struct rq *rq;
 			struct rq_flags rf;
 
@@ -3051,9 +3054,6 @@ static int scx_init_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg, bool fork
 			}
 
 			task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
-		} else if (p->policy == SCHED_EXT) {
-			scx_error(sch, "ops.init_task() set task->scx.disallow for %s[%d] during fork",
-				  p->comm, p->pid);
 		}
 	}