diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 58a48444e5c93..3640ebbb466b0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static int sched_rt_runtime_exceeded(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 	if (rt_rq->rt_throttled)
 		return rt_rq_throttled(rt_rq);
 
-	if (sched_rt_runtime(rt_rq) >= sched_rt_period(rt_rq))
+	if (runtime >= sched_rt_period(rt_rq))
 		return 0;
 
 	balance_runtime(rt_rq);