diff --git a/core/src/main/java/kafka/autobalancer/goals/AbstractResourceUsageDistributionGoal.java b/core/src/main/java/kafka/autobalancer/goals/AbstractResourceUsageDistributionGoal.java
index fc06588ae4..b61a9558c0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/kafka/autobalancer/goals/AbstractResourceUsageDistributionGoal.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/kafka/autobalancer/goals/AbstractResourceUsageDistributionGoal.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected boolean requireMoreLoad(BrokerUpdater.Broker broker) {
     @Override
     public boolean isBrokerAcceptable(BrokerUpdater.Broker broker) {
         double load = broker.loadValue(resource());
-        if (usageAvg < this.usageDetectThreshold) {
+        if (load < this.usageDetectThreshold && usageAvg < this.usageDetectThreshold) {
             return true;
         }
         return load >= usageDistLowerBound && load <= usageDistUpperBound;