diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3b93bff0f54d..6947e28faea6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11175,7 +11175,8 @@ int newidle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	 */
 	if (!cpu_active(this_cpu))
 		return 0;
-	if (!is_min_capacity_cpu(this_cpu) && silver_has_big_tasks())
+	if (!is_min_capacity_cpu(this_cpu) && silver_has_big_tasks()
+		&& (atomic_read(&this_rq->nr_iowait) == 0))
 		avg_idle = ULLONG_MAX;
 	/*
 	 * This is OK, because current is on_cpu, which avoids it being picked