diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-hmp.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-hmp.txt
index a3d5ece0b38e..5e72fdd18fc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-hmp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-hmp.txt
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ tasks - they may be woken up on busy CPUs.
 
 Appears at: /proc/sys/kernel/sched_init_task_load
 
-Default value: 100
+Default value: 15
 
 This tunable is a percentage. When a task is first created it has no
 history, so the task load tracking mechanism cannot determine a
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index aa30f55dc5ee..ec418d9cf361 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ enum sched_boost_type {
 /* Initial task load. Newly created tasks are assigned this load. */
 unsigned int __read_mostly sched_init_task_load_pelt;
 unsigned int __read_mostly sched_init_task_load_windows;
-unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_init_task_load_pct = 100;
+unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_init_task_load_pct = 15;
 
 unsigned int max_task_load(void)
 {