diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index e321145..4492608 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
 
 static void sugov_get_util(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu)
 {
+	unsigned long util = cpu_util_cfs_boost(sg_cpu->cpu);
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(sg_cpu->cpu);
 
 	sg_cpu->bw_dl = cpu_bw_dl(rq);
-	sg_cpu->util = effective_cpu_util(sg_cpu->cpu, cpu_util_cfs(sg_cpu->cpu),
+	sg_cpu->util = effective_cpu_util(sg_cpu->cpu, util,
 					  FREQUENCY_UTIL, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 09e3be2..6189d1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7207,6 +7207,7 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
  * @cpu: the CPU to get the utilization for
  * @p: task for which the CPU utilization should be predicted or NULL
  * @dst_cpu: CPU @p migrates to, -1 if @p moves from @cpu or @p == NULL
+ * @boost: 1 to enable boosting, otherwise 0
  *
  * The unit of the return value must be the same as the one of CPU capacity
  * so that CPU utilization can be compared with CPU capacity.
@@ -7224,6 +7225,12 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
  * be when a long-sleeping task wakes up. The contribution to CPU utilization
  * of such a task would be significantly decayed at this point of time.
  *
+ * Boosted CPU utilization is defined as max(CPU runnable, CPU utilization).
+ * CPU contention for CFS tasks can be detected by CPU runnable > CPU
+ * utilization. Boosting is implemented in cpu_util() so that internal
+ * users (e.g. EAS) can use it next to external users (e.g. schedutil),
+ * latter via cpu_util_cfs_boost().
+ *
  * CPU utilization can be higher than the current CPU capacity
  * (f_curr/f_max * max CPU capacity) or even the max CPU capacity because
  * of rounding errors as well as task migrations or wakeups of new tasks.
@@ -7234,12 +7241,19 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
  * though since this is useful for predicting the CPU capacity required
  * after task migrations (scheduler-driven DVFS).
  *
- * Return: (Estimated) utilization for the specified CPU.
+ * Return: (Boosted) (estimated) utilization for the specified CPU.
  */
-static unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
+static unsigned long
+cpu_util(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu, int boost)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs;
 	unsigned long util = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_avg);
+	unsigned long runnable;
+
+	if (boost) {
+		runnable = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.runnable_avg);
+		util = max(util, runnable);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If @dst_cpu is -1 or @p migrates from @cpu to @dst_cpu remove its
@@ -7257,6 +7271,9 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
 
 		util_est = READ_ONCE(cfs_rq->avg.util_est.enqueued);
 
+		if (boost)
+			util_est = max(util_est, runnable);
+
 		/*
 		 * During wake-up @p isn't enqueued yet and doesn't contribute
 		 * to any cpu_rq(cpu)->cfs.avg.util_est.enqueued.
@@ -7296,7 +7313,12 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util(int cpu, struct task_struct *p, int dst_cpu)
 
 unsigned long cpu_util_cfs(int cpu)
 {
-	return cpu_util(cpu, NULL, -1);
+	return cpu_util(cpu, NULL, -1, 0);
+}
+
+unsigned long cpu_util_cfs_boost(int cpu)
+{
+	return cpu_util(cpu, NULL, -1, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -7318,7 +7340,7 @@ static unsigned long cpu_util_without(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (cpu != task_cpu(p) || !READ_ONCE(p->se.avg.last_update_time))
 		p = NULL;
 
-	return cpu_util(cpu, p, -1);
+	return cpu_util(cpu, p, -1, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -7386,7 +7408,7 @@ static inline void eenv_pd_busy_time(struct energy_env *eenv,
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, pd_cpus) {
-		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, -1);
+		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, -1, 0);
 
 		busy_time += effective_cpu_util(cpu, util, ENERGY_UTIL, NULL);
 	}
@@ -7410,7 +7432,7 @@ eenv_pd_max_util(struct energy_env *eenv, struct cpumask *pd_cpus,
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, pd_cpus) {
 		struct task_struct *tsk = (cpu == dst_cpu) ? p : NULL;
-		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, dst_cpu);
+		unsigned long util = cpu_util(cpu, p, dst_cpu, 1);
 		unsigned long cpu_util;
 
 		/*
@@ -7556,7 +7578,7 @@ static int find_energy_efficient_cpu(struct task_struct *p, int prev_cpu)
 			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 				continue;
 
-			util = cpu_util(cpu, p, cpu);
+			util = cpu_util(cpu, p, cpu, 0);
 			cpu_cap = capacity_of(cpu);
 
 			/*
@@ -10607,7 +10629,7 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
 			break;
 
 		case migrate_util:
-			util = cpu_util_cfs(i);
+			util = cpu_util_cfs_boost(i);
 
 			/*
 			 * Don't try to pull utilization from a CPU with one
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index aaf6fc2..556496c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2957,6 +2957,7 @@ static inline unsigned long cpu_util_dl(struct rq *rq)
 
 
 extern unsigned long cpu_util_cfs(int cpu);
+extern unsigned long cpu_util_cfs_boost(int cpu);
 
 static inline unsigned long cpu_util_rt(struct rq *rq)
 {
