diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index dfa92b7b3dec..b8ef321641df 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3896,10 +3896,14 @@ int can_migrate_task(struct task_struct *p, struct lb_env *env)
 	int tsk_cache_hot = 0;
 	/*
 	 * We do not migrate tasks that are:
-	 * 1) running (obviously), or
+	 * 1) throttled_lb_pair, or
 	 * 2) cannot be migrated to this CPU due to cpus_allowed, or
-	 * 3) are cache-hot on their current CPU.
+	 * 3) running (obviously), or
+	 * 4) are cache-hot on their current CPU.
 	 */
+	if (throttled_lb_pair(task_group(p), env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->dst_cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p))) {
 		int new_dst_cpu;
 
@@ -3967,9 +3971,6 @@ static int move_one_task(struct lb_env *env)
 	struct task_struct *p, *n;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &env->src_rq->cfs_tasks, se.group_node) {
-		if (throttled_lb_pair(task_group(p), env->src_rq->cpu, env->dst_cpu))
-			continue;
-
 		if (!can_migrate_task(p, env))
 			continue;
 
@@ -4021,7 +4022,7 @@ static int move_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (throttled_lb_pair(task_group(p), env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu))
+		if (!can_migrate_task(p, env))
 			goto next;
 
 		load = task_h_load(p);
@@ -4032,9 +4033,6 @@ static int move_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
 		if ((load / 2) > env->imbalance)
 			goto next;
 
-		if (!can_migrate_task(p, env))
-			goto next;
-
 		move_task(p, env);
 		pulled++;
 		env->imbalance -= load;