diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 15c08752926b..819bd5fb0264 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ static inline void update_idle_core(struct rq *rq) { }
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 # define NICE_0_LOAD_SHIFT	(SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT + SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT)
 # define scale_load(w)		((w) << SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT)
-# define scale_load_down(w)	((w) >> SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT)
+# define scale_load_down(w) \
+({ \
+	unsigned long __w = (w); \
+	if (__w) \
+		__w = max(2UL, __w >> SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT); \
+	__w; \
+})
 #else
 # define NICE_0_LOAD_SHIFT	(SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT)
 # define scale_load(w)		(w)