diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 61b156d7fc4b..2adf2bde0cb1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -4163,7 +4163,7 @@ void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 
 void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	if (scx_enabled()) {
+	if (scx_init_task_enabled) {
 		struct rq *rq;
 		struct rq_flags rf;