1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b46131ef6aab..24914488da41 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ static int dl_overflow(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
 {
 
         struct dl_bw *dl_b = dl_bw_of(task_cpu(p));
-        u64 period = attr->sched_period;
+        u64 period = attr->sched_period ?: attr->sched_deadline;
         u64 runtime = attr->sched_runtime;
         u64 new_bw = dl_policy(policy) ? to_ratio(period, runtime) : 0;
         int cpus, err = -1;