diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index ea3c062e7e1c..a8fa0a896b78 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 	if (unlikely(local_softirq_pending() && cpu_online(cpu))) {
 		static int ratelimit;
 
-		if (ratelimit < 10 &&
+		if (ratelimit < 10 && !in_softirq() &&
 		    (local_softirq_pending() & SOFTIRQ_STOP_IDLE_MASK)) {
 			pr_warn("NOHZ: local_softirq_pending %02x\n",
 				(unsigned int) local_softirq_pending());