diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ef5eac773c70..e3ff3d1c4780 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5866,7 +5866,8 @@ static inline int sg_capacity_factor(struct lb_env *env, struct sched_group *gro
  */
 static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 			struct sched_group *group, int load_idx,
-			int local_group, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs)
+			int local_group, struct sg_lb_stats *sgs,
+			bool *overload)
 {
 	unsigned long load;
 	int i;
@@ -5884,6 +5885,10 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 
 		sgs->group_load += load;
 		sgs->sum_nr_running += rq->nr_running;
+
+		if (rq->nr_running > 1)
+			*overload = true;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 		sgs->nr_numa_running += rq->nr_numa_running;
 		sgs->nr_preferred_running += rq->nr_preferred_running;
@@ -5994,6 +5999,7 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
 	struct sched_group *sg = env->sd->groups;
 	struct sg_lb_stats tmp_sgs;
 	int load_idx, prefer_sibling = 0;
+	bool overload = false;
 
 	if (child && child->flags & SD_PREFER_SIBLING)
 		prefer_sibling = 1;
@@ -6014,7 +6020,8 @@ static inline void update_sd_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sd
 				update_group_capacity(env->sd, env->dst_cpu);
 		}
 
-		update_sg_lb_stats(env, sg, load_idx, local_group, sgs);
+		update_sg_lb_stats(env, sg, load_idx, local_group, sgs,
+						&overload);
 
 		if (local_group)
 			goto next_group;
@@ -6048,6 +6055,13 @@ next_group:
 
 	if (env->sd->flags & SD_NUMA)
 		env->fbq_type = fbq_classify_group(&sds->busiest_stat);
+
+	if (!env->sd->parent) {
+		/* update overload indicator if we are at root domain */
+		if (env->dst_rq->rd->overload != overload)
+			env->dst_rq->rd->overload = overload;
+	}
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -6766,7 +6780,8 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq)
 	 */
 	this_rq->idle_stamp = rq_clock(this_rq);
 
-	if (this_rq->avg_idle < sysctl_sched_migration_cost) {
+	if (this_rq->avg_idle < sysctl_sched_migration_cost ||
+	    !this_rq->rd->overload) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		sd = rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain(this_rq->sd);
 		if (sd)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index eb8567610295..0191ed563bdd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ struct root_domain {
 	cpumask_var_t span;
 	cpumask_var_t online;
 
+	/* Indicate more than one runnable task for any CPU */
+	bool overload;
+
 	/*
 	 * The bit corresponding to a CPU gets set here if such CPU has more
 	 * than one runnable -deadline task (as it is below for RT tasks).
@@ -1218,8 +1221,13 @@ static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 
 	rq->nr_running = prev_nr + count;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 	if (prev_nr < 2 && rq->nr_running >= 2) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+		if (!rq->rd->overload)
+			rq->rd->overload = true;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 		if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rq->cpu)) {
 			/*
 			 * Tick is needed if more than one task runs on a CPU.
@@ -1231,8 +1239,8 @@ static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 			 */
 			tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(rq->cpu);
 		}
-       }
 #endif
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void sub_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)