diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c80cf449f9fb..baefb5ebc85e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6336,7 +6336,7 @@ compute_energy(struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu, struct perf_domain *pd)
  * other use-cases too. So, until someone finds a better way to solve this,
  * let's keep things simple by re-using the existing slow path.
  */
-static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
+static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sync)
 {
 	unsigned long prev_delta = ULONG_MAX, best_delta = ULONG_MAX;
 	struct root_domain *rd = cpu_rq(smp_processor_id())->rd;
@@ -6350,6 +6350,12 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 	if (!pd || READ_ONCE(rd->overutilized))
 		goto fail;
 
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	if (sync && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return cpu;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Energy-aware wake-up happens on the lowest sched_domain starting
 	 * from sd_asym_cpucapacity spanning over this_cpu and prev_cpu.
@@ -6461,7 +6467,7 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu, int sd_flag, int wake_f
 		record_wakee(p);
 
 		if (sched_energy_enabled()) {
-			new_cpu = find_energy_efficient_cpu(p, prev_cpu);
+			new_cpu = find_energy_efficient_cpu(p, prev_cpu, sync);
 			if (new_cpu >= 0)
 				return new_cpu;
 			new_cpu = prev_cpu;