diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index d336af9cba13..fed669ec72bc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7206,13 +7206,19 @@ static int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, int core, struct cpumask *cpu
 /*
  * Scan the local SMT mask for idle CPUs.
  */
-static int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, int target)
+static int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int target)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(target), p->cpus_ptr) {
 		if (cpu == target)
 			continue;
+		/*
+		 * Check if the CPU is in the LLC scheduling domain of @target.
+		 * Due to isolcpus, there is no guarantee that all the siblings are in the domain.
+		 */
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd)))
+			continue;
 		if (available_idle_cpu(cpu) || sched_idle_cpu(cpu))
 			return cpu;
 	}
@@ -7236,7 +7242,7 @@ static inline int select_idle_core(struct task_struct *p, int core, struct cpuma
 	return __select_idle_cpu(core, p);
 }
 
-static inline int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, int target)
+static inline int select_idle_smt(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_domain *sd, int target)
 {
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -7498,7 +7504,7 @@ static int select_idle_sibling(struct task_struct *p, int prev, int target)
 		has_idle_core = test_idle_cores(target);
 
 		if (!has_idle_core && cpus_share_cache(prev, target)) {
-			i = select_idle_smt(p, prev);
+			i = select_idle_smt(p, sd, prev);
 			if ((unsigned int)i < nr_cpumask_bits)
 				return i;
 		}