1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index dfae1bf6d5b2..e509dbd7d77f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4148,6 +4148,11 @@ static void run_rebalance_domains(struct softirq_action *h)
 #endif
 }
 
+static inline int on_null_domain(int cpu)
+{
+        return !rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->sd);
+}
+
 /*
  * Trigger the SCHED_SOFTIRQ if it is time to do periodic load balancing.
  *
@@ -4205,7 +4210,9 @@ static inline void trigger_load_balance(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
             cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, nohz.cpu_mask))
                 return;
 #endif
-        if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->next_balance))
+        /* Don't need to rebalance while attached to NULL domain */
+        if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->next_balance) &&
+            likely(!on_null_domain(cpu)))
                 raise_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ);
 }