diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 417b373e4074..0784864eeb30 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6469,6 +6469,19 @@ static inline int find_best_target(struct task_struct *p, int *backup_cpu,
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * Enforce EAS mode
+			 *
+			 * For non latency sensitive tasks, skip CPUs that
+			 * will be overutilized by moving the task there.
+			 *
+			 * The goal here is to remain in EAS mode as long as
+			 * possible at least for !prefer_idle tasks.
+			 */
+			if ((new_util * capacity_margin) >
+			    (capacity_orig * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE))
+				continue;
+
 			/*
 			 * Case B) Non latency sensitive tasks on IDLE CPUs.
 			 *