diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 1af51a68cae39..f5d6541334b36 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3941,6 +3941,8 @@ static inline void util_est_dequeue(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 	trace_sched_util_est_cfs_tp(cfs_rq);
 }
 
+#define UTIL_EST_MARGIN (SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE / 100)
+
 /*
  * Check if a (signed) value is within a specified (unsigned) margin,
  * based on the observation that:
@@ -3958,7 +3960,7 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 				   struct task_struct *p,
 				   bool task_sleep)
 {
-	long last_ewma_diff;
+	long last_ewma_diff, last_enqueued_diff;
 	struct util_est ue;
 
 	if (!sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
@@ -3979,6 +3981,8 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 	if (ue.enqueued & UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED)
 		return;
 
+	last_enqueued_diff = ue.enqueued;
+
 	/*
 	 * Reset EWMA on utilization increases, the moving average is used only
 	 * to smooth utilization decreases.
@@ -3992,12 +3996,17 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Skip update of task's estimated utilization when its EWMA is
+	 * Skip update of task's estimated utilization when its members are
 	 * already ~1% close to its last activation value.
 	 */
 	last_ewma_diff = ue.enqueued - ue.ewma;
-	if (within_margin(last_ewma_diff, (SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE / 100)))
+	last_enqueued_diff -= ue.enqueued;
+	if (within_margin(last_ewma_diff, UTIL_EST_MARGIN)) {
+		if (!within_margin(last_enqueued_diff, UTIL_EST_MARGIN))
+			goto done;
+
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * To avoid overestimation of actual task utilization, skip updates if