diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index a04fea19676f..fe01e68bf520 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ extern void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void);
 extern void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void);
 extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void);
 extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void);
+extern unsigned long tick_nohz_get_idle_calls(void);
 extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 #else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index f5ffe241812e..c1ffb5dc8af6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ struct sugov_cpu {
 	unsigned long util;
 	unsigned long max;
 	unsigned int flags;
+
+	/* The field below is for single-CPU policies only. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
+	unsigned long saved_idle_calls;
+#endif
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sugov_cpu, sugov_cpu);
@@ -192,6 +197,19 @@ static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, unsigned long *util,
 	sg_cpu->iowait_boost >>= 1;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
+static bool sugov_cpu_is_busy(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long idle_calls = tick_nohz_get_idle_calls();
+	bool ret = idle_calls == sg_cpu->saved_idle_calls;
+
+	sg_cpu->saved_idle_calls = idle_calls;
+	return ret;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool sugov_cpu_is_busy(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu) { return false; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
+
 static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
 				unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -200,6 +218,7 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = sg_policy->policy;
 	unsigned long util, max;
 	unsigned int next_f;
+	bool busy;
 
 	sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
 	sg_cpu->last_update = time;
@@ -207,12 +226,20 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
 	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time))
 		return;
 
+	busy = sugov_cpu_is_busy(sg_cpu);
+
 	if (flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_RT_DL) {
 		next_f = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
 	} else {
 		sugov_get_util(&util, &max);
 		sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, &util, &max);
 		next_f = get_next_freq(sg_policy, util, max);
+		/*
+		 * Do not reduce the frequency if the CPU has not been idle
+		 * recently, as the reduction is likely to be premature then.
+		 */
+		if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq)
+			next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
 	}
 	sugov_update_commit(sg_policy, time, next_f);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7fe53be86077..64c97fc130c4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -993,6 +993,18 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
 	return ts->sleep_length;
 }
 
+/**
+ * tick_nohz_get_idle_calls - return the current idle calls counter value
+ *
+ * Called from the schedutil frequency scaling governor in scheduler context.
+ */
+unsigned long tick_nohz_get_idle_calls(void)
+{
+	struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
+
+	return ts->idle_calls;
+}
+
 static void tick_nohz_account_idle_ticks(struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE