diff --git a/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c b/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
index 8d6f7e1073f..8ff4b0e0155 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const struct pm_state_info *pm_policy_next_state(uint8_t cpu, int ticks)
 		}
 	}
 
-	state_testing[_current_cpu->id] = info.state;
+	state_testing[cpu] = info.state;
 
 	return &info;
 }