diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -13338,12 +13338,15 @@ static int sched_balance_rq(int this_cpu, struct rq *this_rq,
 		 * still unbalanced. ld_moved simply stays zero, so it is
 		 * correctly treated as an imbalance.
 		 */
-		env.loop_max  = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->nr_running);
-
 more_balance:
 		rq_lock_irqsave(busiest, &rf);
 		update_rq_clock(busiest);
 
+		if (!env.loop_max)
+			env.loop_max  = min(sysctl_sched_nr_migrate, busiest->cfs.h_nr_queued);
+		else
+			env.loop_max  = min(env.loop_max, busiest->cfs.h_nr_queued);
+
 		/*
 		 * cur_ld_moved - load moved in current iteration
 		 * ld_moved     - cumulative load moved across iterations