diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index caa72192764d..36a4ce6989a1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e75e863dd5c7d96b91ebbd241da5328fc38a78cc
+refs/heads/master: f6c3f1686e7ec1dd8725a9a3dcb857dfd0c7a5bf
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
index a171138a9402..db3f674ca49d 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -3630,7 +3630,7 @@ static inline int nohz_kick_needed(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
 	if (time_before(now, nohz.next_balance))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!rq->nr_running)
+	if (rq->idle_at_tick)
 		return 0;
 
 	first_pick_cpu = atomic_read(&nohz.first_pick_cpu);