diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index df1ed176c7b7bf1ea2610e5eefc3ba2e8da498cd..e1cf419c3c7ffd63a64b792b005d805be07c058e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static void task_numa_compare(struct task_numa_env *env,
 
 	if (!cur) {
 		/* Is there capacity at our destination? */
-		if (env->src_stats.has_free_capacity &&
+		if (env->src_stats.nr_running <= env->src_stats.task_capacity &&
 		    !env->dst_stats.has_free_capacity)
 			goto unlock;