diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 61c8952c7aaf..0f43ece69e8c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9768,12 +9768,12 @@ static inline bool nohz_kick_needed(struct rq *rq)
 		return true;
 
 	/* Do idle load balance if there have misfit task */
-	if (energy_aware() && rq->misfit_task)
-		return true;
+	if (energy_aware())
+		return rq->misfit_task;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_busy, cpu));
-	if (sd && !energy_aware()) {
+	if (sd) {
 		sgc = sd->groups->sgc;
 		nr_busy = atomic_read(&sgc->nr_busy_cpus);