diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 8feeac2aaf52..7964edbe2ae6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4580,8 +4580,6 @@ late_initcall(sched_core_sysctl_init);
  */
 int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	__sched_fork(clone_flags, p);
 	/*
 	 * We mark the process as NEW here. This guarantees that
@@ -4618,12 +4616,12 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 		p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (dl_prio(p->prio))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	scx_pre_fork(p);
 
-	if (dl_prio(p->prio)) {
-		ret = -EAGAIN;
-		goto out_cancel;
-	} else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) {
+	if (rt_prio(p->prio)) {
 		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT
 	} else if (task_should_scx(p)) {
@@ -4649,10 +4647,6 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->pushable_dl_tasks);
 #endif
 	return 0;
-
-out_cancel:
-	scx_cancel_fork(p);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 int sched_cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *p, struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)