diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index e1cf419c3c7ffd63a64b792b005d805be07c058e..1413c44ce8a1aef666c3fd004aee954a2e810f0b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,8 @@ struct numa_stats {
  */
 static void update_numa_stats(struct numa_stats *ns, int nid)
 {
-	int cpu, cpus = 0;
+	int smt, cpu, cpus = 0;
+	unsigned long capacity;
 
 	memset(ns, 0, sizeof(*ns));
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask_of_node(nid)) {
@@ -1062,8 +1063,12 @@ static void update_numa_stats(struct numa_stats *ns, int nid)
 	if (!cpus)
 		return;
 
-	ns->task_capacity =
-		DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(ns->compute_capacity, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
+	/* smt := ceil(cpus / capacity), assumes: 1 < smt_power < 2 */
+	smt = DIV_ROUND_UP(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * cpus, ns->compute_capacity);
+	capacity = cpus / smt; /* cores */
+
+	ns->task_capacity = min_t(unsigned, capacity,
+		DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(ns->compute_capacity, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE));
 	ns->has_free_capacity = (ns->nr_running < ns->task_capacity);
 }