diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b43da6201b9a..8049f83585fb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1203,27 +1203,24 @@ int tg_nop(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
 static void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p, bool update_load)
 {
 	int prio = p->static_prio - MAX_RT_PRIO;
-	struct load_weight *load = &p->se.load;
+	struct load_weight lw;
 
-	/*
-	 * SCHED_IDLE tasks get minimal weight:
-	 */
 	if (task_has_idle_policy(p)) {
-		load->weight = scale_load(WEIGHT_IDLEPRIO);
-		load->inv_weight = WMULT_IDLEPRIO;
-		return;
+		lw.weight = scale_load(WEIGHT_IDLEPRIO);
+		lw.inv_weight = WMULT_IDLEPRIO;
+	} else {
+		lw.weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
+		lw.inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * SCHED_OTHER tasks have to update their load when changing their
 	 * weight
 	 */
-	if (update_load && p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class) {
-		reweight_task(p, prio);
-	} else {
-		load->weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
-		load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
-	}
+	if (update_load && p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class)
+		reweight_task(p, &lw);
+	else
+		p->se.load = lw;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 94fcd585eb7f..07662caf3d2e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3121,15 +3121,14 @@ static void reweight_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se,
 
 }
 
-void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
+void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, const struct load_weight *lw)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
 	struct load_weight *load = &se->load;
-	unsigned long weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
 
-	reweight_entity(cfs_rq, se, weight);
-	load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
+	reweight_entity(cfs_rq, se, lw->weight);
+	load->inv_weight = lw->inv_weight;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 5061093d9baa..48bcc1876df8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2322,7 +2322,7 @@ extern void init_sched_dl_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_rt_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_fair_class(void);
 
-extern void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio);
+extern void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, const struct load_weight *lw);
 
 extern void resched_curr(struct rq *rq);
 extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);