diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 1e4992eb5166..6892ed7d644b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1044,13 +1044,24 @@ void dec_rt_group(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq) {}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED */
 
+static inline
+unsigned int rt_se_nr_running(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se)
+{
+	struct rt_rq *group_rq = group_rt_rq(rt_se);
+
+	if (group_rq)
+		return group_rq->rt_nr_running;
+	else
+		return 1;
+}
+
 static inline
 void inc_rt_tasks(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 {
 	int prio = rt_se_prio(rt_se);
 
 	WARN_ON(!rt_prio(prio));
-	rt_rq->rt_nr_running++;
+	rt_rq->rt_nr_running += rt_se_nr_running(rt_se);
 
 	inc_rt_prio(rt_rq, prio);
 	inc_rt_migration(rt_se, rt_rq);
@@ -1062,7 +1073,7 @@ void dec_rt_tasks(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 {
 	WARN_ON(!rt_prio(rt_se_prio(rt_se)));
 	WARN_ON(!rt_rq->rt_nr_running);
-	rt_rq->rt_nr_running--;
+	rt_rq->rt_nr_running -= rt_se_nr_running(rt_se);
 
 	dec_rt_prio(rt_rq, rt_se_prio(rt_se));
 	dec_rt_migration(rt_se, rt_rq);