diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 75554f366fd3aa20339a00a03d7897cf42bc7d97..c85dfb746f8c44654bee813522d1c72794ae8c49 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ 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);
 }