diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bf7b7a7e778b..5d8081b77f8a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6757,6 +6757,15 @@ 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) {
 		if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) /* XXX always ? */
 			new_cpu = select_idle_sibling(p, prev_cpu, new_cpu);