diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8213ff6e365d1699e4dae34ce1adfb385d82fec9..e6f7d39d4d45586459716d1ec9c555a1b6450683 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9612,8 +9612,12 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
 
 	sd = rcu_dereference(rq->sd);
 	if (sd) {
-		if ((rq->cfs.h_nr_running >= 1) &&
-		    check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd)) {
+		/*
+		 * If there's a CFS task and the current CPU has reduced
+		 * capacity; kick the ILB to see if there's a better CPU to run
+		 * on.
+		 */
+		if (rq->cfs.h_nr_running >= 1 && check_cpu_capacity(rq, sd)) {
 			flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;
 			goto unlock;
 		}
@@ -9621,6 +9625,11 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq)
 
 	sd = rcu_dereference(per_cpu(sd_asym_packing, cpu));
 	if (sd) {
+		/*
+		 * When ASYM_PACKING; see if there's a more preferred CPU
+		 * currently idle; in which case, kick the ILB to move tasks
+		 * around.
+		 */
 		for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
 			if (sched_asym_prefer(i, cpu)) {
 				flags = NOHZ_KICK_MASK;