diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 6931f0cdeb80..68fd485504a6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -426,23 +426,21 @@ static inline bool sugov_cpu_is_busy(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu) { return false; }
  * Make sugov_should_update_freq() ignore the rate limit when DL
  * has increased the utilization.
  */
-static inline void ignore_dl_rate_limit(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
+static inline void ignore_dl_rate_limit(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
 {
 	if (cpu_bw_dl(cpu_rq(sg_cpu->cpu)) > sg_cpu->bw_dl)
-		sg_policy->limits_changed = true;
+		sg_cpu->sg_policy->limits_changed = true;
 }
 
 static inline bool sugov_update_single_common(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu,
 					      u64 time, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct sugov_policy *sg_policy = sg_cpu->sg_policy;
-
 	sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
 	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
 
-	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu, sg_policy);
+	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu);
 
-	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time))
+	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_cpu->sg_policy, time))
 		return false;
 
 	sugov_get_util(sg_cpu);
@@ -557,7 +555,7 @@ sugov_update_shared(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time, unsigned int flags)
 	sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
 	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
 
-	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu, sg_policy);
+	ignore_dl_rate_limit(sg_cpu);
 
 	if (sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time)) {
 		next_f = sugov_next_freq_shared(sg_cpu, time);