diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
index 47f3c51d5e27..42f1673ec83f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 2,			\
 	.busy_idx		= 2,			\
 	.idle_idx		= 1,			\
-	.newidle_idx		= 2,			\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,			\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,			\
 	.forkexec_idx		= 1,			\
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 2,			\
 	.busy_idx		= 3,			\
 	.idle_idx		= 2,			\
-	.newidle_idx		= 2,			\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,			\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,			\
 	.forkexec_idx		= 1,			\
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
+				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index a6b220ab56db..1a2c9eb42a03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static inline int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *bus)
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,			\
 	.busy_idx		= 3,			\
 	.idle_idx		= 1,			\
-	.newidle_idx		= 2,			\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,			\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,			\
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
index 9054e5c0ad54..c8436771e31d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 2,			\
 	.busy_idx		= 3,			\
 	.idle_idx		= 2,			\
-	.newidle_idx		= 2,			\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,			\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,			\
 	.forkexec_idx		= 1,			\
 	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_WAKE	\
+				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
 				| SD_SERIALIZE,		\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index 4b1b335097b5..7fafd1bc4149 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ extern unsigned long node_remap_size[];
 
 # define SD_CACHE_NICE_TRIES	1
 # define SD_IDLE_IDX		1
-# define SD_NEWIDLE_IDX		2
 # define SD_FORKEXEC_IDX	0
 
 #else
 
 # define SD_CACHE_NICE_TRIES	2
 # define SD_IDLE_IDX		2
-# define SD_NEWIDLE_IDX		2
 # define SD_FORKEXEC_IDX	1
 
 #endif
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ extern unsigned long node_remap_size[];
 	.cache_nice_tries	= SD_CACHE_NICE_TRIES,			\
 	.busy_idx		= 3,					\
 	.idle_idx		= SD_IDLE_IDX,				\
-	.newidle_idx		= SD_NEWIDLE_IDX,			\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,					\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,					\
 	.forkexec_idx		= SD_FORKEXEC_IDX,			\
 									\
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index c87edcd87967..4298745615a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,					\
 	.busy_idx		= 2,					\
 	.idle_idx		= 1,					\
-	.newidle_idx		= 2,					\
+	.newidle_idx		= 0,					\
 	.wake_idx		= 0,					\
 	.forkexec_idx		= 1,					\
 									\
diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index 891ea0f72b46..e98c2e8de1d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SCHED_FEAT(AFFINE_WAKEUPS, 1)
  * wakeup-preemption), since its likely going to consume data we
  * touched, increases cache locality.
  */
-SCHED_FEAT(NEXT_BUDDY, 1)
+SCHED_FEAT(NEXT_BUDDY, 0)
 
 /*
  * Prefer to schedule the task that ran last (when we did