diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index def17aa302d5..11f3979bad2a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5571,6 +5571,7 @@ __init void init_sched_fair_class(void)
 	open_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ, run_rebalance_domains);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+	nohz.next_balance = jiffies;
 	zalloc_cpumask_var(&nohz.idle_cpus_mask, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	cpu_notifier(sched_ilb_notifier, 0);
 #endif