diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0b7f6028a50b..d894f2d61388 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ extern void get_iowait_load(unsigned long *nr_waiters, unsigned long *load);
 extern void calc_global_load(unsigned long ticks);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
-extern void cpu_load_update_nohz(int active);
+extern void cpu_load_update_nohz_start(void);
+extern void cpu_load_update_nohz_stop(void);
 #else
-static inline void cpu_load_update_nohz(int active) { }
+static inline void cpu_load_update_nohz_start(void) { }
+static inline void cpu_load_update_nohz_stop(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern void dump_cpu_task(int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index ecd81c4ebb56..b70367a3e1ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4563,7 +4563,6 @@ decay_load_missed(unsigned long load, unsigned long missed_updates, int idx)
  * @this_rq: The rq to update statistics for
  * @this_load: The current load
  * @pending_updates: The number of missed updates
- * @active: !0 for NOHZ_FULL
  *
  * Update rq->cpu_load[] statistics. This function is usually called every
  * scheduler tick (TICK_NSEC).
@@ -4592,12 +4591,12 @@ decay_load_missed(unsigned long load, unsigned long missed_updates, int idx)
  *   load[i]_n = (1 - 1/2^i)^n * load[i]_0
  *
  * see decay_load_misses(). For NOHZ_FULL we get to subtract and add the extra
- * term. See the @active paramter.
+ * term.
  */
-static void __cpu_load_update(struct rq *this_rq, unsigned long this_load,
-			      unsigned long pending_updates, int active)
+static void cpu_load_update(struct rq *this_rq, unsigned long this_load,
+			    unsigned long pending_updates)
 {
-	unsigned long tickless_load = active ? this_rq->cpu_load[0] : 0;
+	unsigned long tickless_load = this_rq->cpu_load[0];
 	int i, scale;
 
 	this_rq->nr_load_updates++;
@@ -4642,10 +4641,23 @@ static unsigned long weighted_cpuload(const int cpu)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
-static void __cpu_load_update_nohz(struct rq *this_rq,
-				   unsigned long curr_jiffies,
-				   unsigned long load,
-				   int active)
+/*
+ * There is no sane way to deal with nohz on smp when using jiffies because the
+ * cpu doing the jiffies update might drift wrt the cpu doing the jiffy reading
+ * causing off-by-one errors in observed deltas; {0,2} instead of {1,1}.
+ *
+ * Therefore we need to avoid the delta approach from the regular tick when
+ * possible since that would seriously skew the load calculation. This is why we
+ * use cpu_load_update_periodic() for CPUs out of nohz. However we'll rely on
+ * jiffies deltas for updates happening while in nohz mode (idle ticks, idle
+ * loop exit, nohz_idle_balance, nohz full exit...)
+ *
+ * This means we might still be one tick off for nohz periods.
+ */
+
+static void cpu_load_update_nohz(struct rq *this_rq,
+				 unsigned long curr_jiffies,
+				 unsigned long load)
 {
 	unsigned long pending_updates;
 
@@ -4657,23 +4669,10 @@ static void __cpu_load_update_nohz(struct rq *this_rq,
 		 * In the NOHZ_FULL case, we were non-idle, we should consider
 		 * its weighted load.
 		 */
-		__cpu_load_update(this_rq, load, pending_updates, active);
+		cpu_load_update(this_rq, load, pending_updates);
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * There is no sane way to deal with nohz on smp when using jiffies because the
- * cpu doing the jiffies update might drift wrt the cpu doing the jiffy reading
- * causing off-by-one errors in observed deltas; {0,2} instead of {1,1}.
- *
- * Therefore we cannot use the delta approach from the regular tick since that
- * would seriously skew the load calculation. However we'll make do for those
- * updates happening while idle (nohz_idle_balance) or coming out of idle
- * (tick_nohz_idle_exit).
- *
- * This means we might still be one tick off for nohz periods.
- */
-
 /*
  * Called from nohz_idle_balance() to update the load ratings before doing the
  * idle balance.
@@ -4686,26 +4685,56 @@ static void cpu_load_update_idle(struct rq *this_rq)
 	if (weighted_cpuload(cpu_of(this_rq)))
 		return;
 
-	__cpu_load_update_nohz(this_rq, READ_ONCE(jiffies), 0, 0);
+	cpu_load_update_nohz(this_rq, READ_ONCE(jiffies), 0);
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from tick_nohz_idle_exit() -- try and fix up the ticks we missed.
+ * Record CPU load on nohz entry so we know the tickless load to account
+ * on nohz exit. cpu_load[0] happens then to be updated more frequently
+ * than other cpu_load[idx] but it should be fine as cpu_load readers
+ * shouldn't rely into synchronized cpu_load[*] updates.
  */
-void cpu_load_update_nohz(int active)
+void cpu_load_update_nohz_start(void)
 {
 	struct rq *this_rq = this_rq();
+
+	/*
+	 * This is all lockless but should be fine. If weighted_cpuload changes
+	 * concurrently we'll exit nohz. And cpu_load write can race with
+	 * cpu_load_update_idle() but both updater would be writing the same.
+	 */
+	this_rq->cpu_load[0] = weighted_cpuload(cpu_of(this_rq));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Account the tickless load in the end of a nohz frame.
+ */
+void cpu_load_update_nohz_stop(void)
+{
 	unsigned long curr_jiffies = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
-	unsigned long load = active ? weighted_cpuload(cpu_of(this_rq)) : 0;
+	struct rq *this_rq = this_rq();
+	unsigned long load;
 
 	if (curr_jiffies == this_rq->last_load_update_tick)
 		return;
 
+	load = weighted_cpuload(cpu_of(this_rq));
 	raw_spin_lock(&this_rq->lock);
-	__cpu_load_update_nohz(this_rq, curr_jiffies, load, active);
+	cpu_load_update_nohz(this_rq, curr_jiffies, load);
 	raw_spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
+static inline void cpu_load_update_nohz(struct rq *this_rq,
+					unsigned long curr_jiffies,
+					unsigned long load) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
+
+static void cpu_load_update_periodic(struct rq *this_rq, unsigned long load)
+{
+	/* See the mess around cpu_load_update_nohz(). */
+	this_rq->last_load_update_tick = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+	cpu_load_update(this_rq, load, 1);
+}
 
 /*
  * Called from scheduler_tick()
@@ -4713,11 +4742,11 @@ void cpu_load_update_nohz(int active)
 void cpu_load_update_active(struct rq *this_rq)
 {
 	unsigned long load = weighted_cpuload(cpu_of(this_rq));
-	/*
-	 * See the mess around cpu_load_update_idle() / cpu_load_update_nohz().
-	 */
-	this_rq->last_load_update_tick = jiffies;
-	__cpu_load_update(this_rq, load, 1, 1);
+
+	if (tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
+		cpu_load_update_nohz(this_rq, READ_ONCE(jiffies), load);
+	else
+		cpu_load_update_periodic(this_rq, load);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 66bdc9acc283..31872bc53bc4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
 		nohz_balance_enter_idle(cpu);
 		calc_load_enter_idle();
+		cpu_load_update_nohz_start();
 
 		ts->last_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer);
 		ts->tick_stopped = 1;
@@ -802,11 +803,11 @@ out:
 	return tick;
 }
 
-static void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now, int active)
+static void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 {
 	/* Update jiffies first */
 	tick_do_update_jiffies64(now);
-	cpu_load_update_nohz(active);
+	cpu_load_update_nohz_stop();
 
 	calc_load_exit_idle();
 	touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched();
@@ -833,7 +834,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_full_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 	if (can_stop_full_tick(ts))
 		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get(), cpu);
 	else if (ts->tick_stopped)
-		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get(), 1);
+		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get());
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1024,7 +1025,7 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
 		tick_nohz_stop_idle(ts, now);
 
 	if (ts->tick_stopped) {
-		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, now, 0);
+		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, now);
 		tick_nohz_account_idle_ticks(ts);
 	}