diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 14afa518948c..4ede4fc65653 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7717,6 +7717,8 @@ void sched_online_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tg->children);
 	list_add_rcu(&tg->siblings, &parent->children);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task_group_lock, flags);
+
+	online_fair_sched_group(tg);
 }
 
 /* rcu callback to free various structures associated with a task group */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 781788d54736..62d5e7dcc7f8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8624,10 +8624,6 @@ int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 		init_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
 		init_tg_cfs_entry(tg, cfs_rq, se, i, parent->se[i]);
 		init_entity_runnable_average(se);
-
-		raw_spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
-		post_init_entity_util_avg(se);
-		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
@@ -8638,6 +8634,22 @@ err:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void online_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
+{
+	struct sched_entity *se;
+	struct rq *rq;
+	int i;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+		rq = cpu_rq(i);
+		se = tg->se[i];
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
+		post_init_entity_util_avg(se);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
+	}
+}
+
 void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -8742,6 +8754,8 @@ int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+void online_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg) { }
+
 void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 307bd0418095..28c42b789f70 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ extern int tg_nop(struct task_group *tg, void *data);
 
 extern void free_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg);
 extern int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent);
+extern void online_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg);
 extern void unregister_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg);
 extern void init_tg_cfs_entry(struct task_group *tg, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 			struct sched_entity *se, int cpu,