diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 72529727d57c..057795ca09d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8545,18 +8545,8 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
 		(sds->avg_load - local->avg_load) * local->group_capacity
 	) / SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
-	/* Boost imbalance to allow misfit task to be balanced.
-	 * Always do this if we are doing a NEWLY_IDLE balance
-	 * on the assumption that any tasks we have must not be
-	 * long-running (and hence we cannot rely upon load).
-	 * However if we are not idle, we should assume the tasks
-	 * we have are longer running and not override load-based
-	 * calculations above unless we are sure that the local
-	 * group is underutilized.
-	 */
-	if (busiest->group_type == group_misfit_task &&
-		(env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE ||
-		local->sum_nr_running < local->group_weight)) {
+	/* Boost imbalance to allow misfit task to be balanced. */
+	if (busiest->group_type == group_misfit_task) {
 		env->imbalance = max_t(long, env->imbalance,
 				       busiest->group_misfit_task_load);
 	}