diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 11d22943753f..13c3fd40bd34 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static inline bool is_core_idle(int cpu)
 		if (cpu == sibling)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!idle_cpu(cpu))
+		if (!idle_cpu(sibling))
 			return false;
 	}
 #endif