diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 23315c294da1..b8b052b2149b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7018,16 +7018,15 @@ static inline void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
 
 static inline bool cpu_overutilized(int cpu)
 {
-	unsigned long  rq_util_min, rq_util_max;
+	unsigned long rq_util_max;
 
 	if (!sched_energy_enabled())
 		return false;
 
-	rq_util_min = uclamp_rq_get(cpu_rq(cpu), UCLAMP_MIN);
 	rq_util_max = uclamp_rq_get(cpu_rq(cpu), UCLAMP_MAX);
 
 	/* Return true only if the utilization doesn't fit CPU's capacity */
-	return !util_fits_cpu(cpu_util_cfs(cpu), rq_util_min, rq_util_max, cpu);
+	return !util_fits_cpu(cpu_util_cfs(cpu), 0, rq_util_max, cpu);
 }
 
 /*