diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fb025e946f83..95cbd9e7958d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4836,11 +4836,10 @@ void unthrottle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 		resched_curr(rq);
 }
 
-static u64 distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, u64 remaining)
+static void distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
-	u64 runtime;
-	u64 starting_runtime = remaining;
+	u64 runtime, remaining = 1;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(cfs_rq, &cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq,
@@ -4855,10 +4854,13 @@ static u64 distribute_cfs_runtime(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, u64 remaining)
 		/* By the above check, this should never be true */
 		SCHED_WARN_ON(cfs_rq->runtime_remaining > 0);
 
+		raw_spin_lock(&cfs_b->lock);
 		runtime = -cfs_rq->runtime_remaining + 1;
-		if (runtime > remaining)
-			runtime = remaining;
-		remaining -= runtime;
+		if (runtime > cfs_b->runtime)
+			runtime = cfs_b->runtime;
+		cfs_b->runtime -= runtime;
+		remaining = cfs_b->runtime;
+		raw_spin_unlock(&cfs_b->lock);
 
 		cfs_rq->runtime_remaining += runtime;
 
@@ -4873,8 +4875,6 @@ next:
 			break;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return starting_runtime - remaining;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4885,7 +4885,6 @@ next:
  */
 static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	u64 runtime;
 	int throttled;
 
 	/* no need to continue the timer with no bandwidth constraint */
@@ -4914,24 +4913,17 @@ static int do_sched_cfs_period_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, int overrun, u
 	cfs_b->nr_throttled += overrun;
 
 	/*
-	 * This check is repeated as we are holding onto the new bandwidth while
-	 * we unthrottle. This can potentially race with an unthrottled group
-	 * trying to acquire new bandwidth from the global pool. This can result
-	 * in us over-using our runtime if it is all used during this loop, but
-	 * only by limited amounts in that extreme case.
+	 * This check is repeated as we release cfs_b->lock while we unthrottle.
 	 */
 	while (throttled && cfs_b->runtime > 0 && !cfs_b->distribute_running) {
-		runtime = cfs_b->runtime;
 		cfs_b->distribute_running = 1;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 		/* we can't nest cfs_b->lock while distributing bandwidth */
-		runtime = distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b, runtime);
+		distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b);
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 
 		cfs_b->distribute_running = 0;
 		throttled = !list_empty(&cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq);
-
-		lsub_positive(&cfs_b->runtime, runtime);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -5065,10 +5057,9 @@ static void do_sched_cfs_slack_timer(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 	if (!runtime)
 		return;
 
-	runtime = distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b, runtime);
+	distribute_cfs_runtime(cfs_b);
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
-	lsub_positive(&cfs_b->runtime, runtime);
 	cfs_b->distribute_running = 0;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cfs_b->lock, flags);
 }