diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 919d016c5d77d..4cc56c91e06e6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7221,7 +7221,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		unsigned long cur_delta, max_spare_cap = 0;
 		unsigned long rq_util_min, rq_util_max;
 		unsigned long util_min, util_max;
-		bool compute_prev_delta = false;
+		unsigned long prev_spare_cap = 0;
 		int max_spare_cap_cpu = -1;
 		unsigned long base_energy;
 
@@ -7283,18 +7283,19 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 
 			if (cpu == prev_cpu) {
 				/* Always use prev_cpu as a candidate. */
-				compute_prev_delta = true;
+				prev_spare_cap = cpu_cap;
 			} else if (cpu_cap > max_spare_cap) {
 				/*
 				 * Find the CPU with the maximum spare capacity
-				 * in the performance domain.
+				 * among the remaining CPUs in the performance
+				 * domain.
 				 */
 				max_spare_cap = cpu_cap;
 				max_spare_cap_cpu = cpu;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && !compute_prev_delta)
+		if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && prev_spare_cap == 0)
 			continue;
 
 		eenv_pd_busy_time(&eenv, cpus, p);
@@ -7302,7 +7303,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		base_energy = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, -1);
 
 		/* Evaluate the energy impact of using prev_cpu. */
-		if (compute_prev_delta) {
+		if (prev_spare_cap > 0) {
 			prev_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p,
 						    prev_cpu);
 			/* CPU utilization has changed */
@@ -7313,7 +7314,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		}
 
 		/* Evaluate the energy impact of using max_spare_cap_cpu. */
-		if (max_spare_cap_cpu >= 0) {
+		if (max_spare_cap_cpu >= 0 && max_spare_cap > prev_spare_cap) {
 			cur_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p,
 						   max_spare_cap_cpu);
 			/* CPU utilization has changed */