diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index bd2267ad404f..1e4992eb5166 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1892,9 +1892,9 @@ static void switched_to_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 	 */
 	if (p->on_rq && rq->curr != p) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-		if (rq->rt.overloaded && push_rt_task(rq) &&
+		if (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1 && rq->rt.overloaded &&
 		    /* Don't resched if we changed runqueues */
-		    rq != task_rq(p))
+		    push_rt_task(rq) && rq != task_rq(p))
 			check_resched = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 		if (check_resched && p->prio < rq->curr->prio)