diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9361669d4242..f9f9aa0edf3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4288,8 +4288,11 @@ more_balance:
 		/* All tasks on this runqueue were pinned by CPU affinity */
 		if (unlikely(env.flags & LBF_ALL_PINNED)) {
 			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu_of(busiest), cpus);
-			if (!cpumask_empty(cpus))
+			if (!cpumask_empty(cpus)) {
+				env.loop = 0;
+				env.loop_break = sched_nr_migrate_break;
 				goto redo;
+			}
 			goto out_balanced;
 		}
 	}