diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 35a5d5dca2fae5fb68d522658824440f3b736d8b..c36140d788fe215aadb3a8f27a8de040f2c44c06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -556,10 +556,6 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86_power & (1 << 8)) {
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
-		if (check_tsc_unstable())
-			clear_sched_clock_stable();
-	} else {
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	}
 
 	/* Bit 12 of 8000_0007 edx is accumulated power mechanism. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
index adc0ebd8bed0e17be1716f3fb7c3eab51b7fa0c4..43955ee6715b1876b89ebd615b8eb171bbde1dd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ static void early_init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
 #endif
-
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index b11b38c3b0bde194b9139ebfa0d3bc251b96f803..58094a1f9e9d301e11d2c93a1ecc126e1715002e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static void default_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			strcpy(c->x86_model_id, "386");
 	}
 #endif
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static const struct cpu_dev default_cpu = {
@@ -1077,8 +1076,6 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	 */
 	if (this_cpu->c_init)
 		this_cpu->c_init(c);
-	else
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 
 	/* Disable the PN if appropriate */
 	squash_the_stupid_serial_number(c);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index 0a3bc19de0177e93f81ae24c58264e7205406fd6..a70fd61095f8a73baa5eb7c486afd6ff19cd4fd1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static void early_init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CYRIX_ARR);
 		break;
 	}
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index fe0a615a051b19a99f9388a7b245b326cee86e11..063197771b8d7ba08f2eafe474cacb0efe9e79d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86_power & (1 << 8)) {
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
-		if (check_tsc_unstable())
-			clear_sched_clock_stable();
-	} else {
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	}
 
 	/* Penwell and Cloverview have the TSC which doesn't sleep on S3 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
index 8457b49786686f74a737429ec47d04c2f92bab35..d77d07ab310b4317d33e44de10896297bb2a6654 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ static void early_init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		if (xlvl >= 0x80860001)
 			c->x86_capability[CPUID_8086_0001_EDX] = cpuid_edx(0x80860001);
 	}
-
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 46bcda4cb1c2f84762bc409bf4c89b1528ba1c52..4f7a9833d8e51f2e023c3a5c0f6b54813c70c4a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -327,9 +327,16 @@ unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
 {
 	return paravirt_sched_clock();
 }
+
+static inline bool using_native_sched_clock(void)
+{
+	return pv_time_ops.sched_clock == native_sched_clock;
+}
 #else
 unsigned long long
 sched_clock(void) __attribute__((alias("native_sched_clock")));
+
+static inline bool using_native_sched_clock(void) { return true; }
 #endif
 
 int check_tsc_unstable(void)
@@ -1112,8 +1119,10 @@ static void tsc_cs_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
 	if (tsc_unstable)
 		return;
+
 	tsc_unstable = 1;
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
+	if (using_native_sched_clock())
+		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
 	pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to clocksource watchdog\n");
 }
@@ -1135,18 +1144,20 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 
 void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 {
-	if (!tsc_unstable) {
-		tsc_unstable = 1;
+	if (tsc_unstable)
+		return;
+
+	tsc_unstable = 1;
+	if (using_native_sched_clock())
 		clear_sched_clock_stable();
-		disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
-		pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
-		/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
-		if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
-			clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
-		else {
-			clocksource_tsc.flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
-			clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
-		}
+	disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
+	pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
+	/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
+	if (clocksource_tsc.mult) {
+		clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
+	} else {
+		clocksource_tsc.flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
+		clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 956383844116ab456f8552abd4b5dcc00e09f347..3b31fc05a0f1e45be5985b860a5fde95ee969832 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3287,10 +3287,15 @@ pick_next_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/*
-	 * Optimization: we know that if all tasks are in
-	 * the fair class we can call that function directly:
+	 * Optimization: we know that if all tasks are in the fair class we can
+	 * call that function directly, but only if the @prev task wasn't of a
+	 * higher scheduling class, because otherwise those loose the
+	 * opportunity to pull in more work from other CPUs.
 	 */
-	if (likely(rq->nr_running == rq->cfs.h_nr_running)) {
+	if (likely((prev->sched_class == &idle_sched_class ||
+		    prev->sched_class == &fair_sched_class) &&
+		   rq->nr_running == rq->cfs.h_nr_running)) {
+
 		p = fair_sched_class.pick_next_task(rq, prev, rf);
 		if (unlikely(p == RETRY_TASK))
 			goto again;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 3e88b35ac1571cd2dc1719378902ca75c08cfbb9..dea138964b9107b3e22542a8b80f5cf1d43c1dee 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5799,7 +5799,7 @@ static int select_idle_cpu(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int t
 	 * Due to large variance we need a large fuzz factor; hackbench in
 	 * particularly is sensitive here.
 	 */
-	if ((avg_idle / 512) < avg_cost)
+	if (sched_feat(SIS_AVG_CPU) && (avg_idle / 512) < avg_cost)
 		return -1;
 
 	time = local_clock();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 69631fa46c2f84fecd3e15599cba0e5935c1148e..1b3c8189b28656d2644a714ff60ceab7d015d97b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ SCHED_FEAT(NONTASK_CAPACITY, true)
  */
 SCHED_FEAT(TTWU_QUEUE, true)
 
+/*
+ * When doing wakeups, attempt to limit superfluous scans of the LLC domain.
+ */
+SCHED_FEAT(SIS_AVG_CPU, false)
+
 #ifdef HAVE_RT_PUSH_IPI
 /*
  * In order to avoid a thundering herd attack of CPUs that are