diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index b4314e918c29..df279e422001 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7112,6 +7112,7 @@ struct lb_env {
 	int			new_dst_cpu;
 	enum cpu_idle_type	idle;
 	long			imbalance;
+	unsigned int		src_grp_nr_running;
 	/* The set of CPUs under consideration for load-balancing */
 	struct cpumask		*cpus;
 
@@ -8294,6 +8295,8 @@ next_group:
 	if (env->sd->flags & SD_NUMA)
 		env->fbq_type = fbq_classify_group(&sds->busiest_stat);
 
+	env->src_grp_nr_running = sds->busiest_stat.sum_nr_running;
+
 	if (!env->sd->parent) {
 		struct root_domain *rd = env->dst_rq->rd;
 
@@ -8988,7 +8991,8 @@ more_balance:
 		 * excessive cache_hot migrations and active balances.
 		 */
 		if (idle != CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
-			sd->nr_balance_failed++;
+			if (env.src_grp_nr_running > 1)
+				sd->nr_balance_failed++;
 
 		if (need_active_balance(&env)) {
 			unsigned long flags;