diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index cc0bfb035df9..c04a42556a59 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6263,8 +6263,17 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int wake_f
 			new_cpu = cpu;
 	}
 
+	if (sd && !(sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_FORK)) {
+		/*
+		 * We're going to need the task's util for capacity_spare_wake
+		 * in find_idlest_group. Sync it up to prev_cpu's
+		 * last_update_time.
+		 */
+		sync_entity_load_avg(&p->se);
+	}
+
 	if (!sd) {
- pick_cpu:
+pick_cpu:
 		if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) /* XXX always ? */
 			new_cpu = select_idle_sibling(p, prev_cpu, new_cpu);