diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8fbb0116bb5a..3fa3e1839c86 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1613,11 +1613,13 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
 		spin_unlock_irq(group_lock);
 	}
 
-	/* Preferred node as the node with the most faults */
-	if (max_faults && max_nid != p->numa_preferred_nid) {
-		/* Update the preferred nid and migrate task if possible */
-		sched_setnuma(p, max_nid);
-		numa_migrate_preferred(p);
+	if (max_faults) {
+		/* Set the new preferred node */
+		if (max_nid != p->numa_preferred_nid)
+			sched_setnuma(p, max_nid);
+
+		if (task_node(p) != p->numa_preferred_nid)
+			numa_migrate_preferred(p);
 	}
 }