diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index fe24de3fbc93..c3484785b179 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
  * sampling of the aggregate task states would be.
  */
 
+#include "../workqueue_internal.h"
 #include <linux/sched/loadavg.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -480,9 +481,6 @@ static void psi_group_change(struct psi_group *group, int cpu,
 			groupc->tasks[t]++;
 
 	write_seqcount_end(&groupc->seq);
-
-	if (!delayed_work_pending(&group->clock_work))
-		schedule_delayed_work(&group->clock_work, PSI_FREQ);
 }
 
 static struct psi_group *iterate_groups(struct task_struct *task, void **iter)
@@ -513,6 +511,7 @@ void psi_task_change(struct task_struct *task, int clear, int set)
 {
 	int cpu = task_cpu(task);
 	struct psi_group *group;
+	bool wake_clock = true;
 	void *iter = NULL;
 
 	if (!task->pid)
@@ -530,8 +529,22 @@ void psi_task_change(struct task_struct *task, int clear, int set)
 	task->psi_flags &= ~clear;
 	task->psi_flags |= set;
 
-	while ((group = iterate_groups(task, &iter)))
+	/*
+	 * Periodic aggregation shuts off if there is a period of no
+	 * task changes, so we wake it back up if necessary. However,
+	 * don't do this if the task change is the aggregation worker
+	 * itself going to sleep, or we'll ping-pong forever.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((clear & TSK_RUNNING) &&
+		     (task->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER) &&
+		     wq_worker_last_func(task) == psi_update_work))
+		wake_clock = false;
+
+	while ((group = iterate_groups(task, &iter))) {
 		psi_group_change(group, cpu, clear, set);
+		if (wake_clock && !delayed_work_pending(&group->clock_work))
+			schedule_delayed_work(&group->clock_work, PSI_FREQ);
+	}
 }
 
 void psi_memstall_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0280deac392e..288b2105bbb1 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -909,6 +909,26 @@ struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task)
 	return to_wakeup ? to_wakeup->task : NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * wq_worker_last_func - retrieve worker's last work function
+ *
+ * Determine the last function a worker executed. This is called from
+ * the scheduler to get a worker's last known identity.
+ *
+ * CONTEXT:
+ * spin_lock_irq(rq->lock)
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The last work function %current executed as a worker, NULL if it
+ * hasn't executed any work yet.
+ */
+work_func_t wq_worker_last_func(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task);
+
+	return worker->last_func;
+}
+
 /**
  * worker_set_flags - set worker flags and adjust nr_running accordingly
  * @worker: self
@@ -2184,6 +2204,9 @@ __acquires(&pool->lock)
 	if (unlikely(cpu_intensive))
 		worker_clr_flags(worker, WORKER_CPU_INTENSIVE);
 
+	/* tag the worker for identification in schedule() */
+	worker->last_func = worker->current_func;
+
 	/* we're done with it, release */
 	hash_del(&worker->hentry);
 	worker->current_work = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
index 66fbb5a9e633..cb68b03ca89a 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ struct worker {
 
 	/* used only by rescuers to point to the target workqueue */
 	struct workqueue_struct	*rescue_wq;	/* I: the workqueue to rescue */
+
+	/* used by the scheduler to determine a worker's last known identity */
+	work_func_t		last_func;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -67,9 +70,10 @@ static inline struct worker *current_wq_worker(void)
 
 /*
  * Scheduler hooks for concurrency managed workqueue.  Only to be used from
- * sched/core.c and workqueue.c.
+ * sched/ and workqueue.c.
  */
 void wq_worker_waking_up(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
 struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task);
+work_func_t wq_worker_last_func(struct task_struct *task);
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL_WORKQUEUE_INTERNAL_H */