diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 309b1d551f25..95b944ecf7e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2155,6 +2155,7 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
 	unsigned long migrate, next_scan, now = jiffies;
 	struct task_struct *p = current;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = p->mm;
+	u64 runtime = p->se.sum_exec_runtime;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	unsigned long nr_pte_updates = 0;
@@ -2277,6 +2278,17 @@ out:
 	else
 		reset_ptenuma_scan(p);
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure tasks use at least 32x as much time to run other code
+	 * than they used here, to limit NUMA PTE scanning overhead to 3% max.
+	 * Usually update_task_scan_period slows down scanning enough; on an
+	 * overloaded system we need to limit overhead on a per task basis.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(p->se.sum_exec_runtime != runtime)) {
+		u64 diff = p->se.sum_exec_runtime - runtime;
+		p->node_stamp += 32 * diff;
+	}
 }
 
 /*