diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 65cd5c153216..95ccb883efdd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7287,11 +7287,10 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 	for (; pd; pd = pd->next) {
 		unsigned long util_min = p_util_min, util_max = p_util_max;
 		unsigned long cpu_cap, cpu_thermal_cap, util;
-		unsigned long cur_delta, max_spare_cap = 0;
+		long prev_spare_cap = -1, max_spare_cap = -1;
 		unsigned long rq_util_min, rq_util_max;
-		unsigned long prev_spare_cap = 0;
+		unsigned long cur_delta, base_energy;
 		int max_spare_cap_cpu = -1;
-		unsigned long base_energy;
 		int fits, max_fits = -1;
 
 		cpumask_and(cpus, perf_domain_span(pd), cpu_online_mask);
@@ -7354,7 +7353,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 				prev_spare_cap = cpu_cap;
 				prev_fits = fits;
 			} else if ((fits > max_fits) ||
-				   ((fits == max_fits) && (cpu_cap > max_spare_cap))) {
+				   ((fits == max_fits) && ((long)cpu_cap > max_spare_cap))) {
 				/*
 				 * Find the CPU with the maximum spare capacity
 				 * among the remaining CPUs in the performance
@@ -7366,7 +7365,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && prev_spare_cap == 0)
+		if (max_spare_cap_cpu < 0 && prev_spare_cap < 0)
 			continue;
 
 		eenv_pd_busy_time(&eenv, cpus, p);
@@ -7374,7 +7373,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		base_energy = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, -1);
 
 		/* Evaluate the energy impact of using prev_cpu. */
-		if (prev_spare_cap > 0) {
+		if (prev_spare_cap > -1) {
 			prev_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p,
 						    prev_cpu);
 			/* CPU utilization has changed */