diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 651dded25720..9c81c921acb3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ struct sched_domain {
 	unsigned int newidle_idx;
 	unsigned int wake_idx;
 	unsigned int forkexec_idx;
+	unsigned int smt_gain;
 	int flags;			/* See SD_* */
 	enum sched_domain_level level;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 7402c1a27c4f..6203ae5067ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 				| SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER,	\
 	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
+	.smt_gain		= 1178,	/* 15% */	\
 }
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_SMT */
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index ecb4a47d4214..55112261027b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8523,9 +8523,15 @@ static void init_sched_groups_power(int cpu, struct sched_domain *sd)
 		weight = cpumask_weight(sched_domain_span(sd));
 		/*
 		 * SMT siblings share the power of a single core.
+		 * Usually multiple threads get a better yield out of
+		 * that one core than a single thread would have,
+		 * reflect that in sd->smt_gain.
 		 */
-		if ((sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER) && weight > 1)
+		if ((sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER) && weight > 1) {
+			power *= sd->smt_gain;
 			power /= weight;
+			power >>= SCHED_LOAD_SHIFT;
+		}
 		sg_inc_cpu_power(sd->groups, power);
 		return;
 	}