diff --git a/kernel/sched/walt/walt_cfs.c b/kernel/sched/walt/walt_cfs.c
index f667f0fcf8ac..20cd6e800d69 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/walt/walt_cfs.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/walt/walt_cfs.c
@@ -263,13 +263,6 @@ static void walt_find_best_target(struct sched_domain *sd,
 			if (new_util > capacity_orig)
 				continue;
 
-			/*
-			 * Pre-compute the maximum possible capacity we expect
-			 * to have available on this CPU once the task is
-			 * enqueued here.
-			 */
-			spare_cap = capacity_orig - new_util;
-
 			/*
 			 * Find an optimal backup IDLE CPU for non latency
 			 * sensitive tasks.
@@ -313,6 +306,13 @@ static void walt_find_best_target(struct sched_domain *sd,
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * Compute the maximum possible capacity we expect
+			 * to have available on this CPU once the task is
+			 * enqueued here.
+			 */
+			spare_cap = capacity_orig - new_util;
+
 			/*
 			 * Try to spread the rtg high prio tasks so that they
 			 * don't preempt each other. This is a optimisitc