diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index d9a15434b2db..2063a6f5cd96 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extern unsigned int __weak sysctl_sched_many_wakeup_threshold;
 extern unsigned int __weak sysctl_sched_dynamic_ravg_window_enable;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_prefer_spread;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_walt_rtg_cfs_boost_prio;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost;
 
 extern int
 walt_proc_group_thresholds_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 5d96dcef583b..1e38a977c012 100755
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ unsigned int sched_capacity_margin_down[NR_CPUS] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WALT
 __read_mostly unsigned int sysctl_sched_prefer_spread;
 unsigned int sysctl_walt_rtg_cfs_boost_prio = 99; /* disabled by default */
+unsigned int sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost; /* disabled by default */
 #endif
 unsigned int sched_small_task_threshold = 102;
 
@@ -4077,7 +4078,7 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int initial)
 						TASK_BOOST_STRICT_MAX)
 				vruntime -= sysctl_sched_latency;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WALT
-			else if (task_of(se)->wts.low_latency ||
+			else if (walt_low_latency_task(task_of(se)) ||
 					task_rtg_high_prio(task_of(se))) {
 				vruntime -= sysctl_sched_latency;
 				vruntime -= thresh;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 3ec26ac7d67b..4effae300f46 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3004,6 +3004,11 @@ static inline struct walt_related_thread_group
 	return rcu_dereference(p->wts.grp);
 }
 
+static inline bool walt_low_latency_task(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost && p->wts.low_latency;
+}
+
 /* Is frequency of two cpus synchronized with each other? */
 static inline int same_freq_domain(int src_cpu, int dst_cpu)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 162d0c946de7..16b5ae77fba7 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -563,6 +563,15 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &min_cfs_boost_prio,
 		.extra2		= &max_cfs_boost_prio,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "walt_low_latency_task_boost",
+		.data		= &sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	{