diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 76ee7de1859de8e544b45d76bb625334f3e28908..d941c97dfbc32d1225925cfaf3ec64d2375b5249 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -690,7 +690,14 @@ void init_entity_runnable_average(struct sched_entity *se)
 	 * will definitely be update (after enqueue).
 	 */
 	sa->period_contrib = 1023;
-	sa->load_avg = scale_load_down(se->load.weight);
+	/*
+	 * Tasks are intialized with full load to be seen as heavy tasks until
+	 * they get a chance to stabilize to their real load level.
+	 * Group entities are intialized with zero load to reflect the fact that
+	 * nothing has been attached to the task group yet.
+	 */
+	if (entity_is_task(se))
+		sa->load_avg = scale_load_down(se->load.weight);
 	sa->load_sum = sa->load_avg * LOAD_AVG_MAX;
 	/*
 	 * At this point, util_avg won't be used in select_task_rq_fair anyway