diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index a9f655025607..acc04ed9dbc2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7895,6 +7895,22 @@ static int cpuset_cpu_inactive(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void sched_smt_present_inc(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+	if (cpumask_weight(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)) == 2)
+		static_branch_inc_cpuslocked(&sched_smt_present);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void sched_smt_present_dec(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+	if (cpumask_weight(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)) == 2)
+		static_branch_dec_cpuslocked(&sched_smt_present);
+#endif
+}
+
 int sched_cpu_activate(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
@@ -7906,13 +7922,10 @@ int sched_cpu_activate(unsigned int cpu)
 	 */
 	balance_push_set(cpu, false);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
 	/*
 	 * When going up, increment the number of cores with SMT present.
 	 */
-	if (cpumask_weight(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)) == 2)
-		static_branch_inc_cpuslocked(&sched_smt_present);
-#endif
+	sched_smt_present_inc(cpu);
 	set_cpu_active(cpu, true);
 
 	if (sched_smp_initialized) {
@@ -7981,13 +7994,12 @@ int sched_cpu_deactivate(unsigned int cpu)
 	}
 	rq_unlock_irqrestore(rq, &rf);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
 	/*
 	 * When going down, decrement the number of cores with SMT present.
 	 */
-	if (cpumask_weight(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)) == 2)
-		static_branch_dec_cpuslocked(&sched_smt_present);
+	sched_smt_present_dec(cpu);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
 	sched_core_cpu_deactivate(cpu);
 #endif