--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ int tg_nop(struct task_group *tg, void *
 }
 #endif
 
-static void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p)
+static void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p, bool update_load)
 {
 	int prio = p->static_prio - MAX_RT_PRIO;
 	struct load_weight *load = &p->se.load;
@@ -747,8 +747,16 @@ static void set_load_weight(struct task_
 		return;
 	}
 
-	load->weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
-	load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
+	/*
+	 * SCHED_OTHER tasks have to update their load when changing their
+	 * weight
+	 */
+	if (update_load && p->sched_class == &fair_sched_class) {
+		reweight_task(p, prio);
+	} else {
+		load->weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
+		load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
@@ -2356,7 +2364,7 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags
 			p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(0);
 
 		p->prio = p->normal_prio = __normal_prio(p);
-		set_load_weight(p);
+		set_load_weight(p, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * We don't need the reset flag anymore after the fork. It has
@@ -3803,7 +3811,7 @@ void set_user_nice(struct task_struct *p
 		put_prev_task(rq, p);
 
 	p->static_prio = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice);
-	set_load_weight(p);
+	set_load_weight(p, true);
 	old_prio = p->prio;
 	p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 	delta = p->prio - old_prio;
@@ -3960,7 +3968,7 @@ static void __setscheduler_params(struct
 	 */
 	p->rt_priority = attr->sched_priority;
 	p->normal_prio = normal_prio(p);
-	set_load_weight(p);
+	set_load_weight(p, true);
 }
 
 /* Actually do priority change: must hold pi & rq lock. */
@@ -5910,7 +5918,7 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 		atomic_set(&rq->nr_iowait, 0);
 	}
 
-	set_load_weight(&init_task);
+	set_load_weight(&init_task, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * The boot idle thread does lazy MMU switching as well:
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2789,6 +2789,43 @@ static inline void
 dequeue_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) { }
 #endif
 
+static void reweight_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se,
+			    unsigned long weight)
+{
+	if (se->on_rq) {
+		/* commit outstanding execution time */
+		if (cfs_rq->curr == se)
+			update_curr(cfs_rq);
+		account_entity_dequeue(cfs_rq, se);
+		dequeue_runnable_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
+	}
+	dequeue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
+
+	update_load_set(&se->load, weight);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	se->avg.load_avg = div_u64(se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum,
+				   LOAD_AVG_MAX - 1024 + se->avg.period_contrib);
+#endif
+
+	enqueue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
+	if (se->on_rq) {
+		account_entity_enqueue(cfs_rq, se);
+		enqueue_runnable_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
+	}
+}
+
+void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
+{
+	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+	struct load_weight *load = &se->load;
+	unsigned long weight = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[prio]);
+
+	reweight_entity(cfs_rq, se, weight);
+	load->inv_weight = sched_prio_to_wmult[prio];
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 # ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 /*
@@ -2892,32 +2929,6 @@ static long calc_cfs_shares(struct cfs_r
 }
 # endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-static void reweight_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se,
-			    unsigned long weight)
-{
-	if (se->on_rq) {
-		/* commit outstanding execution time */
-		if (cfs_rq->curr == se)
-			update_curr(cfs_rq);
-		account_entity_dequeue(cfs_rq, se);
-		dequeue_runnable_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
-	}
-	dequeue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
-
-	update_load_set(&se->load, weight);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	se->avg.load_avg = div_u64(se_weight(se) * se->avg.load_sum,
-				   LOAD_AVG_MAX - 1024 + se->avg.period_contrib);
-#endif
-
-	enqueue_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
-	if (se->on_rq) {
-		account_entity_enqueue(cfs_rq, se);
-		enqueue_runnable_load_avg(cfs_rq, se);
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int throttled_hierarchy(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq);
 
 static void update_cfs_shares(struct sched_entity *se)
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1532,6 +1532,8 @@ extern void init_sched_dl_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_rt_class(void);
 extern void init_sched_fair_class(void);
 
+extern void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio);
+
 extern void resched_curr(struct rq *rq);
 extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);
 
