diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4b0e8b8700fd..1093873dcd0f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2709,6 +2709,12 @@ static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int force)
 {
 	long delta = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg - cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
 
+	/*
+	 * No need to update load_avg for root_task_group as it is not used.
+	 */
+	if (cfs_rq->tg == &root_task_group)
+		return;
+
 	if (force || abs(delta) > cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib / 64) {
 		atomic_long_add(delta, &cfs_rq->tg->load_avg);
 		cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg;