diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8415d1ec2b84..3bcea40d3029 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8447,6 +8447,12 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	 */
 	this_rq->idle_stamp = rq_clock(this_rq);
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not pull tasks towards !active CPUs...
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_active(this_cpu))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * This is OK, because current is on_cpu, which avoids it being picked
 	 * for load-balance and preemption/IRQs are still disabled avoiding