diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 428bc9d2c383..5ebc6817c036 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6589,6 +6589,13 @@ void idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq)
 
 	raw_spin_lock(&this_rq->lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * While browsing the domains, we released the rq lock.
+	 * A task could have be enqueued in the meantime
+	 */
+	if (this_rq->nr_running && !pulled_task)
+		return;
+
 	if (pulled_task || time_after(jiffies, this_rq->next_balance)) {
 		/*
 		 * We are going idle. next_balance may be set based on