diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 63113dcb8d1a..41b58387023d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -11891,6 +11891,13 @@ static void kick_ilb(unsigned int flags)
 	if (ilb_cpu < 0)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't bother if no new NOHZ balance work items for ilb_cpu,
+	 * i.e. all bits in flags are already set in ilb_cpu.
+	 */
+	if ((atomic_read(nohz_flags(ilb_cpu)) & flags) == flags)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Access to rq::nohz_csd is serialized by NOHZ_KICK_MASK; he who sets
 	 * the first flag owns it; cleared by nohz_csd_func().