Index: MM-2.6.X/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- MM-2.6.X.orig/kernel/sched.c	2006-03-27 11:07:52.000000000 +1100
+++ MM-2.6.X/kernel/sched.c	2006-03-27 12:08:47.000000000 +1100
@@ -2179,6 +2179,8 @@ find_busiest_group(struct sched_domain *
 	 * by pulling tasks to us.  Be careful of negative numbers as they'll
 	 * appear as very large values with unsigned longs.
 	 */
+	if (max_load <= busiest_load_per_task)
+		goto out_balanced;
 
 	/* Don't want to pull so many tasks that a group would go idle */
 	max_pull = min(max_load - avg_load, max_load - busiest_load_per_task);