diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 275fee0d86..2884886442 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -848,15 +848,11 @@ size_t KernelCore::CurrentPhysicalCoreIndex() const {
 }
 
 Kernel::PhysicalCore& KernelCore::CurrentPhysicalCore() {
-    u32 core_id = impl->GetCurrentHostThreadID();
-    ASSERT(core_id < Core::Hardware::NUM_CPU_CORES);
-    return impl->cores[core_id];
+    return impl->cores[CurrentPhysicalCoreIndex()];
 }
 
 const Kernel::PhysicalCore& KernelCore::CurrentPhysicalCore() const {
-    u32 core_id = impl->GetCurrentHostThreadID();
-    ASSERT(core_id < Core::Hardware::NUM_CPU_CORES);
-    return impl->cores[core_id];
+    return impl->cores[CurrentPhysicalCoreIndex()];
 }
 
 Kernel::KScheduler* KernelCore::CurrentScheduler() {