--- sys/kern/sched_ule.c	(revision 278968)
+++ sys/kern/sched_ule.c	(working copy)
@@ -908,15 +909,21 @@ 
 {
 	int moved;
 	int cpu;
-
+	
+	/* 
+	 * Don't bother to lock if balancing doesn't make sense.
+	 */
+	
+	if (high->tdq_load <= low->tdq_load)
+		return(0);
+	
 	tdq_lock_pair(high, low);
 	moved = 0;
 	/*
-	 * Determine what the imbalance is and then adjust that to how many
-	 * threads we actually have to give up (transferable).
+	 * Move one thread from high to low if high has atleast 1 
+	 * transferrable thread.
 	 */
-	if (high->tdq_transferable != 0 && high->tdq_load > low->tdq_load &&
-	    (moved = tdq_move(high, low)) > 0) {
+	if (high->tdq_transferable == 0 && (moved = tdq_move(high, low)) > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * In case the target isn't the current cpu IPI it to force a
 		 * reschedule with the new workload.