diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index c893721ff5b1..d0877878bcdb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3876,7 +3876,8 @@ static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
  */
 static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
-	long delta = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg - cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
+	long delta;
+	u64 now;
 
 	/*
 	 * No need to update load_avg for root_task_group as it is not used.
@@ -3884,9 +3885,19 @@ static inline void update_tg_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	if (cfs_rq->tg == &root_task_group)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * For migration heavy workloads, access to tg->load_avg can be
+	 * unbound. Limit the update rate to at most once per ms.
+	 */
+	now = sched_clock_cpu(cpu_of(rq_of(cfs_rq)));
+	if (now - cfs_rq->last_update_tg_load_avg < NSEC_PER_MSEC)
+		return;
+
+	delta = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg - cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
 	if (abs(delta) > cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib / 64) {
 		atomic_long_add(delta, &cfs_rq->tg->load_avg);
 		cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg;
+		cfs_rq->last_update_tg_load_avg = now;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 68768f47ccb7..887468c48ff6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ struct cfs_rq {
 	} removed;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
+	u64			last_update_tg_load_avg;
 	unsigned long		tg_load_avg_contrib;
 	long			propagate;
 	long			prop_runnable_sum;