diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c04a42556a59..cf3e816db80f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8186,8 +8186,11 @@ static struct sched_group *find_busiest_group(struct lb_env *env)
 	if (busiest->group_type == group_imbalanced)
 		goto force_balance;
 
-	/* SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE trumps SMP nice when underutilized */
-	if (env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && group_has_capacity(env, local) &&
+	/*
+	 * When dst_cpu is idle, prevent SMP nice and/or asymmetric group
+	 * capacities from resulting in underutilization due to avg_load.
+	 */
+	if (env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE && group_has_capacity(env, local) &&
 	    busiest->group_no_capacity)
 		goto force_balance;