Index: linux-2.6.19-rc3/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc3.orig/kernel/sched.c	2006-10-26 11:31:04.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/kernel/sched.c	2006-10-26 11:44:23.180223431 -0500
@@ -2855,7 +2855,6 @@ static void rebalance_domains(unsigned l
 {
 	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct rq *this_rq = cpu_rq(this_cpu);
-	unsigned long interval;
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
 	/* Idle means on the idle queue without a runnable task */
 	enum idle_type idle = (this_rq->idle && !this_rq->nr_running) ?
@@ -2867,16 +2866,9 @@ static void rebalance_domains(unsigned l
 		if (!(sd->flags & SD_LOAD_BALANCE))
 			continue;
 
-		interval = sd->balance_interval;
-		if (idle != SCHED_IDLE)
-			interval *= sd->busy_factor;
-
-		/* scale ms to jiffies */
-		interval = msecs_to_jiffies(interval);
-		if (unlikely(!interval))
-			interval = 1;
-
 		if (jiffies >= sd->next_balance) {
+			unsigned long interval;
+
 			if (load_balance(this_cpu, this_rq, sd, idle)) {
 				/*
 				 * We've pulled tasks over so either we're no
@@ -2885,6 +2877,14 @@ static void rebalance_domains(unsigned l
 				 */
 				idle = NOT_IDLE;
 			}
+			interval = sd->balance_interval;
+			if (idle != SCHED_IDLE)
+				interval *= sd->busy_factor;
+
+			/* scale ms to jiffies */
+			interval = msecs_to_jiffies(interval);
+			if (unlikely(!interval))
+				interval = 1;
 			sd->next_balance += interval;
 		}
 		next_balance = min(next_balance, sd->next_balance);