diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index f88720b3df8b477b45affff7de25b1549fea5c55..6cdff849fc19a4fbbed4dd05070e0ffdd5a8c4c9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,9 @@ static void dequeue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 			 */
 			if (task_sleep && parent_entity(se))
 				set_next_buddy(parent_entity(se));
+
+			/* avoid re-evaluating load for this entity */
+			se = parent_entity(se);
 			break;
 		}
 		flags |= DEQUEUE_SLEEP;