1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 37cf07aa4164..e76b11ca6df3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7153,6 +7153,14 @@ int sched_group_set_shares(struct task_group *tg, unsigned long shares)
 {
         int i;
 
+        /*
+         * A weight of 0 or 1 can cause arithmetics problems.
+         * (The default weight is 1024 - so there's no practical
+         *  limitation from this.)
+         */
+        if (shares < 2)
+                shares = 2;
+
         spin_lock(&tg->lock);
         if (tg->shares == shares)
                 goto done;