diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ce625bf8024d9..198514dcbe46b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8026,6 +8026,15 @@ static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	if (cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum)
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * _avg must be null when _sum are null because _avg = _sum / divider
+	 * Make sure that rounding and/or propagation of PELT values never
+	 * break this.
+	 */
+	SCHED_WARN_ON(cfs_rq->avg.load_avg ||
+		      cfs_rq->avg.util_avg ||
+		      cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg);
+
 	return true;
 }