diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index a1ccf1ddd37a..28ee60cabba1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@ static inline unsigned long _task_util_est(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct util_est ue = READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.util_est);
 
-	return max(ue.ewma, ue.enqueued);
+	return (max(ue.ewma, ue.enqueued) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long task_util_est(struct task_struct *p)
@@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ static inline void util_est_enqueue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 
 	/* Update root cfs_rq's estimated utilization */
 	enqueued  = cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued;
-	enqueued += (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
+	enqueued += _task_util_est(p);
 	WRITE_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued, enqueued);
 }
 
@@ -3650,8 +3650,7 @@ util_est_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct task_struct *p, bool task_sleep)
 
 	/* Update root cfs_rq's estimated utilization */
 	ue.enqueued  = cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued;
-	ue.enqueued -= min_t(unsigned int, ue.enqueued,
-			     (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
+	ue.enqueued -= min_t(unsigned int, ue.enqueued, _task_util_est(p));
 	WRITE_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued, ue.enqueued);
 
 	/*
@@ -6292,7 +6291,7 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(task_on_rq_queued(p) || current == p)) {
 			estimated -= min_t(unsigned int, estimated,
-					   (_task_util_est(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
+					   _task_util_est(p));
 		}
 		util = max(util, estimated);
 	}