diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 22b59a7facd2..570b8d056282 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6432,11 +6432,13 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
 	return target;
 }
 
-/*
- * cpu_util returns the amount of capacity of a CPU that is used by CFS
- * tasks. The unit of the return value must be the one of capacity so we can
- * compare the utilization with the capacity of the CPU that is available for
- * CFS task (ie cpu_capacity).
+/**
+ * Amount of capacity of a CPU that is (estimated to be) used by CFS tasks
+ * @cpu: the CPU to get the utilization of
+ *
+ * The unit of the return value must be the one of capacity so we can compare
+ * the utilization with the capacity of the CPU that is available for CFS task
+ * (ie cpu_capacity).
  *
  * cfs_rq.avg.util_avg is the sum of running time of runnable tasks plus the
  * recent utilization of currently non-runnable tasks on a CPU. It represents
@@ -6447,6 +6449,14 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
  * current capacity (capacity_curr <= capacity_orig) of the CPU because it is
  * the running time on this CPU scaled by capacity_curr.
  *
+ * The estimated utilization of a CPU is defined to be the maximum between its
+ * cfs_rq.avg.util_avg and the sum of the estimated utilization of the tasks
+ * currently RUNNABLE on that CPU.
+ * This allows to properly represent the expected utilization of a CPU which
+ * has just got a big task running since a long sleep period. At the same time
+ * however it preserves the benefits of the "blocked utilization" in
+ * describing the potential for other tasks waking up on the same CPU.
+ *
  * Nevertheless, cfs_rq.avg.util_avg can be higher than capacity_curr or even
  * higher than capacity_orig because of unfortunate rounding in
  * cfs.avg.util_avg or just after migrating tasks and new task wakeups until
@@ -6457,13 +6467,21 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
  * available capacity. We allow utilization to overshoot capacity_curr (but not
  * capacity_orig) as it useful for predicting the capacity required after task
  * migrations (scheduler-driven DVFS).
+ *
+ * Return: the (estimated) utilization for the specified CPU
  */
-static unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu)
+static inline unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu)
 {
-	unsigned long util = cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.avg.util_avg;
-	unsigned long capacity = capacity_orig_of(cpu);
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
+	unsigned int util;
 
-	return (util >= capacity) ? capacity : util;
+	cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
+	util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
+
+	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
+		util = max(util, READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued));
+
+	return min_t(unsigned long, util, capacity_orig_of(cpu));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -6472,16 +6490,54 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu)
  */
 static unsigned long cpu_util_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	unsigned long util, capacity;
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
+	unsigned int util;
 
 	/* Task has no contribution or is new */
-	if (cpu != task_cpu(p) || !p->se.avg.last_update_time)
+	if (cpu != task_cpu(p) || !READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.last_update_time))
 		return cpu_util(cpu);
 
-	capacity = capacity_orig_of(cpu);
-	util = max_t(long, cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.avg.util_avg - task_util(p), 0);
+	cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
+	util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
 
-	return (util >= capacity) ? capacity : util;
+	/* Discount task's blocked util from CPU's util */
+	util -= min_t(unsigned int, util, task_util(p));
+
+	/*
+	 * Covered cases:
+	 *
+	 * a) if *p is the only task sleeping on this CPU, then:
+	 *      cpu_util (== task_util) > util_est (== 0)
+	 *    and thus we return:
+	 *      cpu_util_wake = (cpu_util - task_util) = 0
+	 *
+	 * b) if other tasks are SLEEPING on this CPU, which is now exiting
+	 *    IDLE, then:
+	 *      cpu_util >= task_util
+	 *      cpu_util > util_est (== 0)
+	 *    and thus we discount *p's blocked utilization to return:
+	 *      cpu_util_wake = (cpu_util - task_util) >= 0
+	 *
+	 * c) if other tasks are RUNNABLE on that CPU and
+	 *      util_est > cpu_util
+	 *    then we use util_est since it returns a more restrictive
+	 *    estimation of the spare capacity on that CPU, by just
+	 *    considering the expected utilization of tasks already
+	 *    runnable on that CPU.
+	 *
+	 * Cases a) and b) are covered by the above code, while case c) is
+	 * covered by the following code when estimated utilization is
+	 * enabled.
+	 */
+	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
+		util = max(util, READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued));
+
+	/*
+	 * Utilization (estimated) can exceed the CPU capacity, thus let's
+	 * clamp to the maximum CPU capacity to ensure consistency with
+	 * the cpu_util call.
+	 */
+	return min_t(unsigned long, util, capacity_orig_of(cpu));
 }
 
 /*