1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 9e49af00ae3e..7bc9b0e84eb3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ struct rq {
 
         unsigned long cpu_power;
 
-        unsigned char idle_at_tick;
+        unsigned char idle_balance;
         /* For active balancing */
         int post_schedule;
         int active_balance;
@@ -2751,8 +2751,10 @@ void scheduler_ipi(void)
         /*
          * Check if someone kicked us for doing the nohz idle load balance.
          */
-        if (unlikely(got_nohz_idle_kick() && !need_resched()))
+        if (unlikely(got_nohz_idle_kick() && !need_resched())) {
+                this_rq()->idle_balance = 1;
                 raise_softirq_irqoff(SCHED_SOFTIRQ);
+        }
         irq_exit();
 }
 
@@ -4247,7 +4249,7 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
         perf_event_task_tick();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-        rq->idle_at_tick = idle_cpu(cpu);
+        rq->idle_balance = idle_cpu(cpu);
         trigger_load_balance(rq, cpu);
 #endif
 }