diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 41cfd61b4d6b..c893721ff5b1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4866,7 +4866,7 @@ static inline void update_misfit_status(struct task_struct *p, struct rq *rq)
 
 static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
-	return true;
+	return !cfs_rq->nr_running;
 }
 
 #define UPDATE_TG	0x0