diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 650d698244c47..98ac49ce78ea8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10410,6 +10410,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 				      bool *sg_overutilized)
 {
 	int i, nr_running, local_group, sd_flags = env->sd->flags;
+	bool balancing_at_rd = !env->sd->parent;
 
 	memset(sgs, 0, sizeof(*sgs));
 
@@ -10427,9 +10428,6 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 		nr_running = rq->nr_running;
 		sgs->sum_nr_running += nr_running;
 
-		if (nr_running > 1)
-			*sg_overloaded = 1;
-
 		if (cpu_overutilized(i))
 			*sg_overutilized = 1;
 
@@ -10442,6 +10440,10 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Overload indicator is only updated at root domain */
+		if (balancing_at_rd && nr_running > 1)
+			*sg_overloaded = 1;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 		/* Only fbq_classify_group() uses this to classify NUMA groups */
 		if (sd_flags & SD_NUMA) {