diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0f43ece69e8c..d7bea4761a55 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8863,6 +8863,7 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
 	}
 
 	if ((capacity_of(env->src_cpu) < capacity_of(env->dst_cpu)) &&
+	    ((capacity_orig_of(env->src_cpu) < capacity_orig_of(env->dst_cpu))) &&
 				env->src_rq->cfs.h_nr_running == 1 &&
 				cpu_overutilized(env->src_cpu) &&
 				!cpu_overutilized(env->dst_cpu)) {