diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0825f5efb8a8..52ad822d9c60 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6179,7 +6179,7 @@ boosted_task_util(struct task_struct *p)
 
 static unsigned long capacity_spare_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return capacity_orig_of(cpu) - cpu_util_wake(cpu, p);
+	return max_t(long, capacity_of(cpu) - cpu_util_wake(cpu, p), 0);
 }
 
 /*