diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c6d57c334d5112a87e3bcfd6e61fed78ec7a8e68..538ba5d94e99cc322b1c993a808cec1c66fa7caf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4774,7 +4774,6 @@ void unthrottle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
 	struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b = tg_cfs_bandwidth(cfs_rq->tg);
 	struct sched_entity *se;
-	int enqueue = 1;
 	long task_delta, idle_task_delta;
 
 	se = cfs_rq->tg->se[cpu_of(rq)];
@@ -4798,26 +4797,44 @@ void unthrottle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	idle_task_delta = cfs_rq->idle_h_nr_running;
 	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
 		if (se->on_rq)
-			enqueue = 0;
+			break;
+		cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+		enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se, ENQUEUE_WAKEUP);
 
+		cfs_rq->h_nr_running += task_delta;
+		cfs_rq->idle_h_nr_running += idle_task_delta;
+
+		/* end evaluation on encountering a throttled cfs_rq */
+		if (cfs_rq_throttled(cfs_rq))
+			goto unthrottle_throttle;
+	}
+
+	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
 		cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
-		if (enqueue) {
-			enqueue_entity(cfs_rq, se, ENQUEUE_WAKEUP);
-		} else {
-			update_load_avg(cfs_rq, se, 0);
-			se_update_runnable(se);
-		}
+
+		update_load_avg(cfs_rq, se, UPDATE_TG);
+		se_update_runnable(se);
 
 		cfs_rq->h_nr_running += task_delta;
 		cfs_rq->idle_h_nr_running += idle_task_delta;
 
+
+		/* end evaluation on encountering a throttled cfs_rq */
 		if (cfs_rq_throttled(cfs_rq))
-			break;
+			goto unthrottle_throttle;
+
+		/*
+		 * One parent has been throttled and cfs_rq removed from the
+		 * list. Add it back to not break the leaf list.
+		 */
+		if (throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
+			list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
 	}
 
-	if (!se)
-		add_nr_running(rq, task_delta);
+	/* At this point se is NULL and we are at root level*/
+	add_nr_running(rq, task_delta);
 
+unthrottle_throttle:
 	/*
 	 * The cfs_rq_throttled() breaks in the above iteration can result in
 	 * incomplete leaf list maintenance, resulting in triggering the
@@ -4826,7 +4843,8 @@ void unthrottle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
 		cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
 
-		list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
+		if (list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq))
+			break;
 	}
 
 	assert_list_leaf_cfs_rq(rq);