diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3b61e19b504a..9693cf2ea954 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8832,7 +8832,7 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd = env->sd;
 
-	if (env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE) {
+	if (env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE) {
 
 		/*
 		 * ASYM_PACKING needs to force migrate tasks from busy but