diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 014c97f007324..21b1403a10a2d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5400,7 +5400,7 @@ static void init_sched_groups_power(int cpu, struct sched_domain *sd)
 {
 	struct sched_group *sg = sd->groups;
 
-	WARN_ON(!sd || !sg);
+	WARN_ON(!sg);
 
 	do {
 		sg->group_weight = cpumask_weight(sched_group_cpus(sg));