diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2805bd7c8994..03adf9fb48b1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3173,6 +3173,36 @@ static inline int propagate_entity_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if we need to update the load and the utilization of a blocked
+ * group_entity:
+ */
+static inline bool skip_blocked_update(struct sched_entity *se)
+{
+	struct cfs_rq *gcfs_rq = group_cfs_rq(se);
+
+	/*
+	 * If sched_entity still have not zero load or utilization, we have to
+	 * decay it:
+	 */
+	if (se->avg.load_avg || se->avg.util_avg)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there is a pending propagation, we have to update the load and
+	 * the utilization of the sched_entity:
+	 */
+	if (gcfs_rq->propagate_avg)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise, the load and the utilization of the sched_entity is
+	 * already zero and there is no pending propagation, so it will be a
+	 * waste of time to try to decay it:
+	 */
+	return true;
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
 
 static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int force) {}
@@ -6961,6 +6991,8 @@ static void update_blocked_averages(int cpu)
 	 * list_add_leaf_cfs_rq() for details.
 	 */
 	for_each_leaf_cfs_rq(rq, cfs_rq) {
+		struct sched_entity *se;
+
 		/* throttled entities do not contribute to load */
 		if (throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
 			continue;
@@ -6968,9 +7000,10 @@ static void update_blocked_averages(int cpu)
 		if (update_cfs_rq_load_avg(cfs_rq_clock_task(cfs_rq), cfs_rq, true))
 			update_tg_load_avg(cfs_rq, 0);
 
-		/* Propagate pending load changes to the parent */
-		if (cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu])
-			update_load_avg(cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu], 0);
+		/* Propagate pending load changes to the parent, if any: */
+		se = cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu];
+		if (se && !skip_blocked_update(se))
+			update_load_avg(se, 0);
 	}
 	rq_unlock_irqrestore(rq, &rf);
 }