diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 2c62552e60e1..ee9cbb92a660 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1852,11 +1852,11 @@ retry:
 			if (sched_cpu_high_irqload(cpu))
 				continue;
 
-			util = cpu_util(cpu);
-
-			if (__cpu_overutilized(cpu, util + tutil))
+			if (__cpu_overutilized(cpu, tutil))
 				continue;
 
+			util = cpu_util(cpu);
+
 			/* Find the least loaded CPU */
 			if (util > best_cpu_util)
 				continue;