diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index d19df5bccfec..0008cc4a1199 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	int prev_cpu = task_cpu(p);
 	int new_cpu = cpu;
-	int want_affine = 0;
+	int want_affine = 0, cpu_idle = !current->pid;
 	int want_sd = 1;
 	int sync = wake_flags & WF_SYNC;
 
@@ -1497,13 +1497,15 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
 			 * If there's an idle sibling in this domain, make that
 			 * the wake_affine target instead of the current cpu.
 			 */
-			if (tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES)
+			if (!cpu_idle && tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES)
 				target = select_idle_sibling(p, tmp, target);
 
 			if (target >= 0) {
 				if (tmp->flags & SD_WAKE_AFFINE) {
 					affine_sd = tmp;
 					want_affine = 0;
+					if (target != cpu)
+						cpu_idle = 1;
 				}
 				cpu = target;
 			}
@@ -1519,6 +1521,7 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
 			sd = tmp;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	if (sched_feat(LB_SHARES_UPDATE)) {
 		/*
 		 * Pick the largest domain to update shares over
@@ -1532,9 +1535,12 @@ static int select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flag
 		if (tmp)
 			update_shares(tmp);
 	}
+#endif
 
-	if (affine_sd && wake_affine(affine_sd, p, sync))
-		return cpu;
+	if (affine_sd) {
+		if (cpu_idle || cpu == prev_cpu || wake_affine(affine_sd, p, sync))
+			return cpu;
+	}
 
 	while (sd) {
 		int load_idx = sd->forkexec_idx;