diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 02766f3fe206..9a4fa22a69ed 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3794,11 +3794,11 @@ static void attach_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *s
 
 	se->avg.runnable_sum = se->avg.runnable_avg * divider;
 
-	se->avg.load_sum = divider;
-	if (se_weight(se)) {
-		se->avg.load_sum =
-			div_u64(se->avg.load_avg * se->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se));
-	}
+	se->avg.load_sum = se->avg.load_avg * divider;
+	if (se_weight(se) < se->avg.load_sum)
+		se->avg.load_sum = div_u64(se->avg.load_sum, se_weight(se));
+	else
+		se->avg.load_sum = 1;
 
 	enqueue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
 	cfs_rq->avg.util_avg += se->avg.util_avg;