diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1211575a2208..7d1ec6e60535 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5739,7 +5739,7 @@ build_overlap_sched_groups(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 	const struct cpumask *span = sched_domain_span(sd);
 	struct cpumask *covered = sched_domains_tmpmask;
 	struct sd_data *sdd = sd->private;
-	struct sched_domain *child;
+	struct sched_domain *sibling;
 	int i;
 
 	cpumask_clear(covered);
@@ -5750,10 +5750,10 @@ build_overlap_sched_groups(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 		if (cpumask_test_cpu(i, covered))
 			continue;
 
-		child = *per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sd, i);
+		sibling = *per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sd, i);
 
 		/* See the comment near build_group_mask(). */
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(child)))
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sibling)))
 			continue;
 
 		sg = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct sched_group) + cpumask_size(),
@@ -5763,10 +5763,9 @@ build_overlap_sched_groups(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 			goto fail;
 
 		sg_span = sched_group_cpus(sg);
-		if (child->child) {
-			child = child->child;
-			cpumask_copy(sg_span, sched_domain_span(child));
-		} else
+		if (sibling->child)
+			cpumask_copy(sg_span, sched_domain_span(sibling->child));
+		else
 			cpumask_set_cpu(i, sg_span);
 
 		cpumask_or(covered, covered, sg_span);