diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 883812a4bf73..461ee760d191 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7f79d852ed30a06eebf7497afe9334a726db3d40
+refs/heads/master: 38736f475071b80b66be28af7b44c854073699cc
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 8264bb5dbd51..a10ac0bcee64 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ __load_balance_iterator(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct list_head *next)
 		next = next->next;
 	} while (next != &cfs_rq->tasks && !entity_is_task(se));
 
-	if (next == &cfs_rq->tasks)
+	if (next == &cfs_rq->tasks && !entity_is_task(se))
 		return NULL;
 
 	cfs_rq->balance_iterator = next;