diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8f0b1acace0a..4770d25ae240 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6969,6 +6969,7 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 	int h_nr_runnable = 0;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
 	u64 slice = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (entity_is_task(se)) {
 		p = task_of(se);
@@ -6998,7 +6999,7 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 
 		/* end evaluation on encountering a throttled cfs_rq */
 		if (cfs_rq_throttled(cfs_rq))
-			return 0;
+			goto out;
 
 		/* Don't dequeue parent if it has other entities besides us */
 		if (cfs_rq->load.weight) {
@@ -7039,7 +7040,7 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 
 		/* end evaluation on encountering a throttled cfs_rq */
 		if (cfs_rq_throttled(cfs_rq))
-			return 0;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	sub_nr_running(rq, h_nr_queued);
@@ -7048,6 +7049,8 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 	if (unlikely(!was_sched_idle && sched_idle_rq(rq)))
 		rq->next_balance = jiffies;
 
+	ret = 1;
+out:
 	if (p && task_delayed) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!task_sleep);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(p->on_rq != 1);
@@ -7063,7 +7066,7 @@ static int dequeue_entities(struct rq *rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 		__block_task(rq, p);
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*