diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index 2063a6f5cd96..090d7ef6c909 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -56,7 +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 unsigned int sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_threshold;
 
 extern int
 walt_proc_group_thresholds_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 6726ab06285a..8795bb04541a 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(sched_task_util,
 		__entry->cpus_allowed		=
 					cpumask_bits(&p->cpus_mask)[0];
 		__entry->task_boost		= per_task_boost(p);
-		__entry->low_latency		= p->wts.low_latency;
+		__entry->low_latency		= walt_low_latency_task(p);
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("pid=%d comm=%s util=%lu prev_cpu=%d candidates=%#lx best_energy_cpu=%d sync=%d need_idle=%d fastpath=%d placement_boost=%d latency=%llu stune_boosted=%d is_rtg=%d rtg_skip_min=%d start_cpu=%d unfilter=%u affinity=%lx task_boost=%d low_latency=%d",
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 248339578c16..c6ce899b29f9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ 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 */
+unsigned int sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_threshold; /* disabled by default */
 #endif
 unsigned int sched_small_task_threshold = 102;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 4effae300f46..79b175a65e0e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3006,7 +3006,8 @@ static inline struct walt_related_thread_group
 
 static inline bool walt_low_latency_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost && p->wts.low_latency;
+	return p->wts.low_latency &&
+		(task_util(p) < sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_threshold);
 }
 
 /* Is frequency of two cpus synchronized with each other? */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 16b5ae77fba7..02b12e9b14c2 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -564,13 +564,13 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &max_cfs_boost_prio,
 	},
 	{
-		.procname	= "walt_low_latency_task_boost",
-		.data		= &sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_boost,
+		.procname	= "walt_low_latency_task_threshold",
+		.data		= &sysctl_walt_low_latency_task_threshold,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.extra2		= &one_thousand,
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG