diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index a4f1aa15f0a2..71bbd2245cc7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -296,14 +296,10 @@ struct rftype {
  * struct mbm_state - status for each MBM counter in each domain
  * @prev_bw_bytes: Previous bytes value read for bandwidth calculation
  * @prev_bw:	The most recent bandwidth in MBps
- * @delta_bw:	Difference between the current and previous bandwidth
- * @delta_comp:	Indicates whether to compute the delta_bw
  */
 struct mbm_state {
 	u64	prev_bw_bytes;
 	u32	prev_bw;
-	u32	delta_bw;
-	bool	delta_comp;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
index f136ac046851..6c2d4e97e5f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
@@ -440,9 +440,6 @@ static void mbm_bw_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
 
 	cur_bw = bytes / SZ_1M;
 
-	if (m->delta_comp)
-		m->delta_bw = abs(cur_bw - m->prev_bw);
-	m->delta_comp = false;
 	m->prev_bw = cur_bw;
 }
 
@@ -520,11 +517,11 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
 {
 	u32 closid, rmid, cur_msr_val, new_msr_val;
 	struct mbm_state *pmbm_data, *cmbm_data;
-	u32 cur_bw, delta_bw, user_bw;
 	struct rdt_resource *r_mba;
 	struct rdt_domain *dom_mba;
 	struct list_head *head;
 	struct rdtgroup *entry;
+	u32 cur_bw, user_bw;
 
 	if (!is_mbm_local_enabled())
 		return;
@@ -543,7 +540,6 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
 
 	cur_bw = pmbm_data->prev_bw;
 	user_bw = dom_mba->mbps_val[closid];
-	delta_bw = pmbm_data->delta_bw;
 
 	/* MBA resource doesn't support CDP */
 	cur_msr_val = resctrl_arch_get_config(r_mba, dom_mba, closid, CDP_NONE);
@@ -555,49 +551,31 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
 	list_for_each_entry(entry, head, mon.crdtgrp_list) {
 		cmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[entry->mon.rmid];
 		cur_bw += cmbm_data->prev_bw;
-		delta_bw += cmbm_data->delta_bw;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Scale up/down the bandwidth linearly for the ctrl group.  The
 	 * bandwidth step is the bandwidth granularity specified by the
 	 * hardware.
-	 *
-	 * The delta_bw is used when increasing the bandwidth so that we
-	 * dont alternately increase and decrease the control values
-	 * continuously.
-	 *
-	 * For ex: consider cur_bw = 90MBps, user_bw = 100MBps and if
-	 * bandwidth step is 20MBps(> user_bw - cur_bw), we would keep
-	 * switching between 90 and 110 continuously if we only check
-	 * cur_bw < user_bw.
+	 * Always increase throttling if current bandwidth is above the
+	 * target set by user.
+	 * But avoid thrashing up and down on every poll by checking
+	 * whether a decrease in throttling is likely to push the group
+	 * back over target. E.g. if currently throttling to 30% of bandwidth
+	 * on a system with 10% granularity steps, check whether moving to
+	 * 40% would go past the limit by multiplying current bandwidth by
+	 * "(30 + 10) / 30".
 	 */
 	if (cur_msr_val > r_mba->membw.min_bw && user_bw < cur_bw) {
 		new_msr_val = cur_msr_val - r_mba->membw.bw_gran;
 	} else if (cur_msr_val < MAX_MBA_BW &&
-		   (user_bw > (cur_bw + delta_bw))) {
+		   (user_bw > (cur_bw * (cur_msr_val + r_mba->membw.min_bw) / cur_msr_val))) {
 		new_msr_val = cur_msr_val + r_mba->membw.bw_gran;
 	} else {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	resctrl_arch_update_one(r_mba, dom_mba, closid, CDP_NONE, new_msr_val);
-
-	/*
-	 * Delta values are updated dynamically package wise for each
-	 * rdtgrp every time the throttle MSR changes value.
-	 *
-	 * This is because (1)the increase in bandwidth is not perfectly
-	 * linear and only "approximately" linear even when the hardware
-	 * says it is linear.(2)Also since MBA is a core specific
-	 * mechanism, the delta values vary based on number of cores used
-	 * by the rdtgrp.
-	 */
-	pmbm_data->delta_comp = true;
-	list_for_each_entry(entry, head, mon.crdtgrp_list) {
-		cmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[entry->mon.rmid];
-		cmbm_data->delta_comp = true;
-	}
 }
 
 static void mbm_update(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d, int rmid)
