diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ea694d4f23a8db..c9151b8732a15d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5546,7 +5546,11 @@ check_preempt_tick(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *curr)
 	 * narrow margin doesn't have to wait for a full slice.
 	 * This also mitigates buddy induced latencies under load.
 	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_GROUP_IDENTITY
 	if (is_highclass(curr) && delta_exec < sysctl_sched_min_granularity)
+#else
+	if (delta_exec < sysctl_sched_min_granularity)
+#endif
 		return;
 
 	/* Must be on expel if no next se, and curr won't be expellee */