diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index b994db9d0606..7b2fac0d446d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6471,7 +6471,7 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_next(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
 	 * util_avg should already be correct.
 	 */
 	if (task_cpu(p) == cpu && dst_cpu != cpu)
-		sub_positive(&util, task_util(p));
+		lsub_positive(&util, task_util(p));
 	else if (task_cpu(p) != cpu && dst_cpu == cpu)
 		util += task_util(p);