diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index dfdac90fd211..83ab35e2374f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6389,7 +6389,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		}
 
 		/* Evaluate the energy impact of using this CPU. */
-		if (max_spare_cap_cpu >= 0) {
+		if (max_spare_cap_cpu >= 0 && max_spare_cap_cpu != prev_cpu) {
 			cur_delta = compute_energy(p, max_spare_cap_cpu, pd);
 			cur_delta -= base_energy_pd;
 			if (cur_delta < best_delta) {