diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0ef7e0a67089..a78d2e3b9d49 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6868,9 +6868,8 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 {
 	struct cpumask *cpus = this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr(select_rq_mask);
 	unsigned long prev_delta = ULONG_MAX, best_delta = ULONG_MAX;
-	int cpu, best_energy_cpu = prev_cpu, target = -1;
 	struct root_domain *rd = this_rq()->rd;
-	unsigned long base_energy = 0;
+	int cpu, best_energy_cpu, target = -1;
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
 	struct perf_domain *pd;
 	struct energy_env eenv;
@@ -6902,8 +6901,8 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 		unsigned long cpu_cap, cpu_thermal_cap, util;
 		unsigned long cur_delta, max_spare_cap = 0;
 		bool compute_prev_delta = false;
-		unsigned long base_energy_pd;
 		int max_spare_cap_cpu = -1;
+		unsigned long base_energy;
 
 		cpumask_and(cpus, perf_domain_span(pd), cpu_online_mask);
 
@@ -6961,17 +6960,16 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 
 		eenv_pd_busy_time(&eenv, cpus, p);
 		/* Compute the 'base' energy of the pd, without @p */
-		base_energy_pd = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, -1);
-		base_energy += base_energy_pd;
+		base_energy = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p, -1);
 
 		/* Evaluate the energy impact of using prev_cpu. */
 		if (compute_prev_delta) {
 			prev_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p,
 						    prev_cpu);
 			/* CPU utilization has changed */
-			if (prev_delta < base_energy_pd)
+			if (prev_delta < base_energy)
 				goto unlock;
-			prev_delta -= base_energy_pd;
+			prev_delta -= base_energy;
 			best_delta = min(best_delta, prev_delta);
 		}
 
@@ -6980,9 +6978,9 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 			cur_delta = compute_energy(&eenv, pd, cpus, p,
 						   max_spare_cap_cpu);
 			/* CPU utilization has changed */
-			if (cur_delta < base_energy_pd)
+			if (cur_delta < base_energy)
 				goto unlock;
-			cur_delta -= base_energy_pd;
+			cur_delta -= base_energy;
 			if (cur_delta < best_delta) {
 				best_delta = cur_delta;
 				best_energy_cpu = max_spare_cap_cpu;
@@ -6991,12 +6989,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	/*
-	 * Pick the best CPU if prev_cpu cannot be used, or if it saves at
-	 * least 6% of the energy used by prev_cpu.
-	 */
-	if ((prev_delta == ULONG_MAX) ||
-	    (prev_delta - best_delta) > ((prev_delta + base_energy) >> 4))
+	if (best_delta < prev_delta)
 		target = best_energy_cpu;
 
 	return target;