diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9446b2e5eac5a..53487d576db1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ void resched_cpu(int cpu)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
-	resched_curr(rq);
+	if (cpu_online(cpu) || cpu == smp_processor_id())
+		resched_curr(rq);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
 }