diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index 1fa1e13a5944..ffaa97a8d405 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ sd_init(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
 		sd_flags = (*tl->sd_flags)();
 	if (WARN_ONCE(sd_flags & ~TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS,
 			"wrong sd_flags in topology description\n"))
-		sd_flags &= ~TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS;
+		sd_flags &= TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS;
 
 	/* Apply detected topology flags */
 	sd_flags |= dflags;