diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index bf9a0d6d91dca2989369b15b5b4a70bd94dd40a6..e115cbb0d25a52d52bad80376c228c2b818816e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_WORK
 void arch_irq_work_raise(void)
 {
-	smp_cross_call(cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()), IPI_IRQ_WORK);
+	if (is_smp())
+		smp_cross_call(cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()), IPI_IRQ_WORK);
 }
 #endif