diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 050c1b19bfc0..8c1ac01a10d5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1741,18 +1741,27 @@ static void task_numa_compare(struct task_numa_env *env,
 			goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* Skip this swap candidate if cannot move to the source cpu. */
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->src_cpu, cur->cpus_ptr))
+		goto unlock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Skip this swap candidate if it is not moving to its preferred
+	 * node and the best task is.
+	 */
+	if (env->best_task &&
+	    env->best_task->numa_preferred_nid == env->src_nid &&
+	    cur->numa_preferred_nid != env->src_nid) {
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * "imp" is the fault differential for the source task between the
 	 * source and destination node. Calculate the total differential for
 	 * the source task and potential destination task. The more negative
 	 * the value is, the more remote accesses that would be expected to
 	 * be incurred if the tasks were swapped.
-	 */
-	/* Skip this swap candidate if cannot move to the source cpu */
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->src_cpu, cur->cpus_ptr))
-		goto unlock;
-
-	/*
+	 *
 	 * If dst and source tasks are in the same NUMA group, or not
 	 * in any group then look only at task weights.
 	 */
@@ -1779,12 +1788,34 @@ static void task_numa_compare(struct task_numa_env *env,
 			       task_weight(cur, env->dst_nid, dist);
 	}
 
+	/* Discourage picking a task already on its preferred node */
+	if (cur->numa_preferred_nid == env->dst_nid)
+		imp -= imp / 16;
+
+	/*
+	 * Encourage picking a task that moves to its preferred node.
+	 * This potentially makes imp larger than it's maximum of
+	 * 1998 (see SMALLIMP and task_weight for why) but in this
+	 * case, it does not matter.
+	 */
+	if (cur->numa_preferred_nid == env->src_nid)
+		imp += imp / 8;
+
 	if (maymove && moveimp > imp && moveimp > env->best_imp) {
 		imp = moveimp;
 		cur = NULL;
 		goto assign;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Prefer swapping with a task moving to its preferred node over a
+	 * task that is not.
+	 */
+	if (env->best_task && cur->numa_preferred_nid == env->src_nid &&
+	    env->best_task->numa_preferred_nid != env->src_nid) {
+		goto assign;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the NUMA importance is less than SMALLIMP,
 	 * task migration might only result in ping pong