diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e52a46ab7252..bc1e54c86b70 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 251a169c69d1ff07cee7a9bb9fc4faff6b1d2ac3
+refs/heads/master: 77ae651347bdd46830da8b28b1efc5e4a9d7cbd0
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 0fe94ea43f32..fb8994c6d4bb 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1442,18 +1442,23 @@ __load_balance_iterator(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct list_head *next)
 	struct task_struct *p = NULL;
 	struct sched_entity *se;
 
-	while (next != &cfs_rq->tasks) {
+	if (next == &cfs_rq->tasks)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Skip over entities that are not tasks */
+	do {
 		se = list_entry(next, struct sched_entity, group_node);
 		next = next->next;
+	} while (next != &cfs_rq->tasks && !entity_is_task(se));
 
-		/* Skip over entities that are not tasks */
-		if (entity_is_task(se)) {
-			p = task_of(se);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	if (next == &cfs_rq->tasks)
+		return NULL;
 
 	cfs_rq->balance_iterator = next;
+
+	if (entity_is_task(se))
+		p = task_of(se);
+
 	return p;
 }