diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 76cd21fa55016..2660ee4b08adf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -348,11 +348,19 @@ struct load_weight {
  * Only for tasks we track a moving average of the past instantaneous
  * estimated utilization. This allows to absorb sporadic drops in utilization
  * of an otherwise almost periodic task.
+ *
+ * The UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED flag is used to synchronize util_est with util_avg
+ * updates. When a task is dequeued, its util_est should not be updated if its
+ * util_avg has not been updated in the meantime.
+ * This information is mapped into the MSB bit of util_est.enqueued at dequeue
+ * time. Since max value of util_est.enqueued for a task is 1024 (PELT util_avg
+ * for a task) it is safe to use MSB.
  */
 struct util_est {
 	unsigned int			enqueued;
 	unsigned int			ewma;
 #define UTIL_EST_WEIGHT_SHIFT		2
+#define UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED		0x80000000
 } __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(u64))));
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 6264584b51c25..70a5782724363 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ __initcall(init_sched_debug_procfs);
 #define __PS(S, F) SEQ_printf(m, "%-45s:%21Ld\n", S, (long long)(F))
 #define __P(F) __PS(#F, F)
 #define   P(F) __PS(#F, p->F)
+#define   PM(F, M) __PS(#F, p->F & (M))
 #define __PSN(S, F) SEQ_printf(m, "%-45s:%14Ld.%06ld\n", S, SPLIT_NS((long long)(F)))
 #define __PN(F) __PSN(#F, F)
 #define   PN(F) __PSN(#F, p->F)
@@ -1014,7 +1015,7 @@ void proc_sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	P(se.avg.util_avg);
 	P(se.avg.last_update_time);
 	P(se.avg.util_est.ewma);
-	P(se.avg.util_est.enqueued);
+	PM(se.avg.util_est.enqueued, ~UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
 	__PS("uclamp.min", p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN].value);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 838bd8b306e6a..ff8a172a69ca9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ static inline unsigned long _task_util_est(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct util_est ue = READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.util_est);
 
-	return (max(ue.ewma, ue.enqueued) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
+	return max(ue.ewma, (ue.enqueued & ~UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long task_util_est(struct task_struct *p)
@@ -4003,7 +4003,7 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 	 * Reset EWMA on utilization increases, the moving average is used only
 	 * to smooth utilization decreases.
 	 */
-	ue.enqueued = (task_util(p) | UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED);
+	ue.enqueued = task_util(p);
 	if (sched_feat(UTIL_EST_FASTUP)) {
 		if (ue.ewma < ue.enqueued) {
 			ue.ewma = ue.enqueued;
@@ -4052,6 +4052,7 @@ static inline void util_est_update(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq,
 	ue.ewma  += last_ewma_diff;
 	ue.ewma >>= UTIL_EST_WEIGHT_SHIFT;
 done:
+	ue.enqueued |= UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED;
 	WRITE_ONCE(p->se.avg.util_est, ue);
 
 	trace_sched_util_est_se_tp(&p->se);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/pelt.h b/kernel/sched/pelt.h
index 795e43e02afc6..0b9aeebb9c325 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/pelt.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/pelt.h
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ static inline u32 get_pelt_divider(struct sched_avg *avg)
 	return LOAD_AVG_MAX - 1024 + avg->period_contrib;
 }
 
-/*
- * When a task is dequeued, its estimated utilization should not be update if
- * its util_avg has not been updated at least once.
- * This flag is used to synchronize util_avg updates with util_est updates.
- * We map this information into the LSB bit of the utilization saved at
- * dequeue time (i.e. util_est.dequeued).
- */
-#define UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED 0x1
-
 static inline void cfs_se_util_change(struct sched_avg *avg)
 {
 	unsigned int enqueued;
@@ -58,7 +49,7 @@ static inline void cfs_se_util_change(struct sched_avg *avg)
 	if (!sched_feat(UTIL_EST))
 		return;
 
-	/* Avoid store if the flag has been already set */
+	/* Avoid store if the flag has been already reset */
 	enqueued = avg->util_est.enqueued;
 	if (!(enqueued & UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED))
 		return;