diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 7f0a5e6cdae0e03db16a8c8fec5bd48ba1f893af..9b3fe1cd8f40c90a67381be209db1a49dad6f6f7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5151,7 +5151,7 @@ static int should_we_balance(struct lb_env *env)
 	 * First idle cpu or the first cpu(busiest) in this sched group
 	 * is eligible for doing load balancing at this and above domains.
 	 */
-	return balance_cpu != env->dst_cpu;
+	return balance_cpu == env->dst_cpu;
 }
 
 /*