diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index aa3d7bdecb5b..d9a2a0208773 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7071,7 +7071,9 @@ static int select_energy_cpu_brute(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sync
 			/* No energy saving for target_cpu, try backup */
 			target_cpu = tmp_backup;
 			eenv.dst_cpu = target_cpu;
-			if (tmp_backup < 0 || energy_diff(&eenv) >= 0) {
+			if (tmp_backup < 0 || 
+			    tmp_backup == prev_cpu ||
+			    energy_diff(&eenv) >= 0) {
 				schedstat_inc(p->se.statistics.nr_wakeups_secb_no_nrg_sav);
 				schedstat_inc(this_rq()->eas_stats.secb_no_nrg_sav);
 				target_cpu = prev_cpu;