diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e483ccb08ce635e3db1d25fe81cc9c34180aba98..e1581a029e3d3187ae125b8effd15d0a94d68730 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1168,7 +1168,13 @@ struct sched_entity {
 	/* rq "owned" by this entity/group: */
 	struct cfs_rq		*my_q;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/*
+ * Load-tracking only depends on SMP, FAIR_GROUP_SCHED dependency below may be
+ * removed when useful for applications beyond shares distribution (e.g.
+ * load-balance).
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED)
+	/* Per-entity load-tracking */
 	struct sched_avg	avg;
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f26860074ef2ba59062370cf9c908c684b53534b..5dae0d252ff7728f4a0a7e8e30ac2c089f8a3ec7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,12 @@ static void __sched_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 	p->se.vruntime			= 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->se.group_node);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/*
+ * Load-tracking only depends on SMP, FAIR_GROUP_SCHED dependency below may be
+ * removed when useful for applications beyond shares distribution (e.g.
+ * load-balance).
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED)
 	p->se.avg.runnable_avg_period = 0;
 	p->se.avg.runnable_avg_sum = 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6ecf455fd95bd214708831fbda34a92f5ece2c57..3e6a3531fa90222216f2e431cd7c2481d797f0ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -882,7 +882,8 @@ static inline void update_cfs_shares(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/* Only depends on SMP, FAIR_GROUP_SCHED may be removed when useful in lb */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED)
 /*
  * We choose a half-life close to 1 scheduling period.
  * Note: The tables below are dependent on this value.
@@ -3173,6 +3174,12 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flags)
 	return new_cpu;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Load-tracking only depends on SMP, FAIR_GROUP_SCHED dependency below may be
+ * removed when useful for applications beyond shares distribution (e.g.
+ * load-balance).
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 /*
  * Called immediately before a task is migrated to a new cpu; task_cpu(p) and
  * cfs_rq_of(p) references at time of call are still valid and identify the
@@ -3196,6 +3203,7 @@ migrate_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int next_cpu)
 		atomic64_add(se->avg.load_avg_contrib, &cfs_rq->removed_load);
 	}
 }
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 static unsigned long
@@ -5773,8 +5781,9 @@ const struct sched_class fair_sched_class = {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	.select_task_rq		= select_task_rq_fair,
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	.migrate_task_rq	= migrate_task_rq_fair,
-
+#endif
 	.rq_online		= rq_online_fair,
 	.rq_offline		= rq_offline_fair,
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 0a75a430ca778c4b09b360a419a27b14cf3c42a7..5eca173b563f2663b16a0a6637b9a9f901b27c3e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ struct cfs_rq {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/*
+ * Load-tracking only depends on SMP, FAIR_GROUP_SCHED dependency below may be
+ * removed when useful for applications beyond shares distribution (e.g.
+ * load-balance).
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	/*
 	 * CFS Load tracking
 	 * Under CFS, load is tracked on a per-entity basis and aggregated up.
@@ -234,7 +240,8 @@ struct cfs_rq {
 	u64 runnable_load_avg, blocked_load_avg;
 	atomic64_t decay_counter, removed_load;
 	u64 last_decay;
-
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
+/* These always depend on CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	u32 tg_runnable_contrib;
 	u64 tg_load_contrib;