diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 713aa26b2828..901fb0f8b976 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -4766,7 +4766,8 @@ int scx_tg_online(struct task_group *tg)
 				{ .weight = tg->scx.weight,
 				  .bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
 				  .bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
-				  .bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us };
+				  .bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+				  .sched_idle = tg->scx.idle };
 
 			ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(sch, cgroup_init,
 					      NULL, tg->css.cgroup, &args);
@@ -5187,6 +5188,7 @@ static int scx_cgroup_init(struct scx_sched *sch)
 				.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
 				.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
 				.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+				.sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
 			};
 
 			ret = SCX_CALL_OP_RET(sch, cgroup_init, NULL, css->cgroup, &args);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index 0967b99a4948..076a351bb3f2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ struct scx_cgroup_init_args {
 	u64			bw_period_us;
 	u64			bw_quota_us;
 	u64			bw_burst_us;
+
+	/* whether the cgroup is configured SCHED_IDLE via cpu.idle */
+	bool			sched_idle;
 };
 
 enum scx_cpu_preempt_reason {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
index 0554448835bd..385302d19914 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/sub.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,7 @@ static s32 scx_cgroup_claim_subtree(struct scx_sched *sch)
 			.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
 			.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
 			.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+			.sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
 		};
 
 		if (tg->scx.sched != parent ||
@@ -1464,6 +1465,7 @@ static void scx_cgroup_return_subtree(struct scx_sched *sch)
 			.bw_period_us = tg->scx.bw_period_us,
 			.bw_quota_us = tg->scx.bw_quota_us,
 			.bw_burst_us = tg->scx.bw_burst_us,
+			.sched_idle = tg->scx.idle,
 		};
 
 		/* the first pass must have transferred everything */