diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index ad37776cc39bb1df1e24fed63bd48f48509d9c96..43e61fa04dc7194b1cbef98712d9e93b1a687316 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6159,22 +6159,14 @@ __setscheduler(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int policy, int prio)
 	BUG_ON(p->se.on_rq);
 
 	p->policy = policy;
-	switch (p->policy) {
-	case SCHED_NORMAL:
-	case SCHED_BATCH:
-	case SCHED_IDLE:
-		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
-		break;
-	case SCHED_FIFO:
-	case SCHED_RR:
-		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
-		break;
-	}
-
 	p->rt_priority = prio;
 	p->normal_prio = normal_prio(p);
 	/* we are holding p->pi_lock already */
 	p->prio = rt_mutex_getprio(p);
+	if (rt_prio(p->prio))
+		p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
+	else
+		p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
 	set_load_weight(p);
 }