diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 19b1a8b81c76..d3be71d5a9cc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ static void yield_task_dl(struct rq *rq)
 	 * it and the bandwidth timer will wake it up and will give it
 	 * new scheduling parameters (thanks to dl_yielded=1).
 	 */
-	rq->curr->dl.dl_yielded = 1;
+	rq->donor->dl.dl_yielded = 1;
 
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
 	update_curr_dl(rq);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index b959a70471c1..907eea83294c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ static bool dequeue_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int deq_flags
 static void yield_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
 {
 	struct scx_sched *sch = scx_root;
-	struct task_struct *p = rq->curr;
+	struct task_struct *p = rq->donor;
 
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, yield))
 		SCX_CALL_OP_2TASKS_RET(sch, SCX_KF_REST, yield, rq, p, NULL);
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ static void yield_task_scx(struct rq *rq)
 static bool yield_to_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *to)
 {
 	struct scx_sched *sch = scx_root;
-	struct task_struct *from = rq->curr;
+	struct task_struct *from = rq->donor;
 
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, yield))
 		return SCX_CALL_OP_2TASKS_RET(sch, SCX_KF_REST, yield, rq,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 967ca52fb231..5c965666d166 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8993,7 +8993,7 @@ static void put_prev_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct t
  */
 static void yield_task_fair(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+	struct task_struct *curr = rq->donor;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = task_cfs_rq(curr);
 	struct sched_entity *se = &curr->se;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 7936d4333731..fb07dcfc60a2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ static void requeue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int head)
 
 static void yield_task_rt(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	requeue_task_rt(rq, rq->curr, 0);
+	requeue_task_rt(rq, rq->donor, 0);
 }
 
 static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/syscalls.c b/kernel/sched/syscalls.c
index 77ae87f36e84..bf360a6fbb80 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/syscalls.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ static void do_sched_yield(void)
 	rq = this_rq_lock_irq(&rf);
 
 	schedstat_inc(rq->yld_count);
-	current->sched_class->yield_task(rq);
+	rq->donor->sched_class->yield_task(rq);
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	rq_unlock_irq(rq, &rf);
@@ -1420,12 +1420,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(yield);
  */
 int __sched yield_to(struct task_struct *p, bool preempt)
 {
-	struct task_struct *curr = current;
+	struct task_struct *curr;
 	struct rq *rq, *p_rq;
 	int yielded = 0;
 
 	scoped_guard (raw_spinlock_irqsave, &p->pi_lock) {
 		rq = this_rq();
+		curr = rq->donor;
 
 again:
 		p_rq = task_rq(p);