diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c47c4f2e28f7..dbf4f1c44259 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11449,8 +11449,12 @@ more_balance:
 		 * We do not want newidle balance, which can be very
 		 * frequent, pollute the failure counter causing
 		 * excessive cache_hot migrations and active balances.
+		 *
+		 * Similarly for migration_misfit which is not related to
+		 * load/util migration, don't pollute nr_balance_failed.
 		 */
-		if (idle != CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
+		if (idle != CPU_NEWLY_IDLE &&
+		    env.migration_type != migrate_misfit)
 			sd->nr_balance_failed++;
 
 		if (need_active_balance(&env)) {
@@ -11533,8 +11537,13 @@ out_one_pinned:
 	 * repeatedly reach this code, which would lead to balance_interval
 	 * skyrocketing in a short amount of time. Skip the balance_interval
 	 * increase logic to avoid that.
+	 *
+	 * Similarly misfit migration which is not necessarily an indication of
+	 * the system being busy and requires lb to backoff to let it settle
+	 * down.
 	 */
-	if (env.idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE)
+	if (env.idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE ||
+	    env.migration_type == migrate_misfit)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* tune up the balancing interval */