diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index a81c36472822..a14487462b6c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3768,11 +3768,22 @@ util_est_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct task_struct *p, bool task_sleep)
 	if (ue.enqueued & UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Reset EWMA on utilization increases, the moving average is used only
+	 * to smooth utilization decreases.
+	 */
+	ue.enqueued = (task_util(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
+	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST_FASTUP)) {
+		if (ue.ewma < ue.enqueued) {
+			ue.ewma = ue.enqueued;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Skip update of task's estimated utilization when its EWMA is
 	 * already ~1% close to its last activation value.
 	 */
-	ue.enqueued = (task_util(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
 	last_ewma_diff = ue.enqueued - ue.ewma;
 	if (within_margin(last_ewma_diff, (SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE / 100)))
 		return;
@@ -3805,6 +3816,7 @@ util_est_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct task_struct *p, bool task_sleep)
 	ue.ewma <<= UTIL_EST_WEIGHT_SHIFT;
 	ue.ewma  += last_ewma_diff;
 	ue.ewma >>= UTIL_EST_WEIGHT_SHIFT;
+done:
 	WRITE_ONCE(p->se.avg.util_est, ue);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 2410db5e9a35..7481cd96f391 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ SCHED_FEAT(WA_BIAS, true)
  * UtilEstimation. Use estimated CPU utilization.
  */
 SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST, true)
+SCHED_FEAT(UTIL_EST_FASTUP, true)