diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bebc8367edee..fe40cdb8e640 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4779,6 +4779,11 @@ static inline bool task_fits_spare(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 	return __task_fits(p, cpu, cpu_util(cpu));
 }
 
+static bool cpu_overutilized(int cpu)
+{
+	return (capacity_of(cpu) * 1024) < (cpu_util(cpu) * capacity_margin);
+}
+
 /*
  * find_idlest_group finds and returns the least busy CPU group within the
  * domain.
@@ -6995,6 +7000,13 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
+	if ((capacity_of(env->src_cpu) < capacity_of(env->dst_cpu)) &&
+				env->src_rq->cfs.h_nr_running == 1 &&
+				cpu_overutilized(env->src_cpu) &&
+				!cpu_overutilized(env->dst_cpu)) {
+			return 1;
+	}
+
 	return unlikely(sd->nr_balance_failed > sd->cache_nice_tries+2);
 }