diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bc62c5096e54..9a5e60fe721a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2664,13 +2664,14 @@ static inline u64 cfs_rq_clock_task(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);
 /* Group cfs_rq's load_avg is used for task_h_load and update_cfs_share */
 static inline int update_cfs_rq_load_avg(u64 now, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
-	int decayed;
 	struct sched_avg *sa = &cfs_rq->avg;
+	int decayed, removed = 0;
 
 	if (atomic_long_read(&cfs_rq->removed_load_avg)) {
 		long r = atomic_long_xchg(&cfs_rq->removed_load_avg, 0);
 		sa->load_avg = max_t(long, sa->load_avg - r, 0);
 		sa->load_sum = max_t(s64, sa->load_sum - r * LOAD_AVG_MAX, 0);
+		removed = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (atomic_long_read(&cfs_rq->removed_util_avg)) {
@@ -2688,7 +2689,7 @@ static inline int update_cfs_rq_load_avg(u64 now, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	cfs_rq->load_last_update_time_copy = sa->last_update_time;
 #endif
 
-	return decayed;
+	return decayed || removed;
 }
 
 /* Update task and its cfs_rq load average */