diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
index 729510a291b269961c056650f53f6457c5a35280..b7f4d80e338eb502a6c7873ff6e09693c43d0515 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
  * Only a single load balancing instance
  *
  * SHARED_PARENT: Set for all NUMA levels above NODE. Could be set from a
- * different level upwards, but it doesn't change that if a domain has this flag
- * set, then all of its parents need to have it too (otherwise the serialization
- * doesn't make sense).
+ *                different level upwards, but it doesn't change that if a
+ *                domain has this flag set, then all of its parents need to have
+ *                it too (otherwise the serialization doesn't make sense).
+ * NEEDS_GROUPS: No point in preserving domain if it has a single group.
  */
-SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT)
+SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
 
 /*
  * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain