diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e226f266da9e..3810eaf89b26 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5972,11 +5972,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_schedule_prep);
  * __napi_schedule_irqoff - schedule for receive
  * @n: entry to schedule
  *
- * Variant of __napi_schedule() assuming hard irqs are masked
+ * Variant of __napi_schedule() assuming hard irqs are masked.
+ *
+ * On PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels this maps to __napi_schedule()
+ * because the interrupt disabled assumption might not be true
+ * due to force-threaded interrupts and spinlock substitution.
  */
 void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
-	____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
+	else
+		__napi_schedule(n);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);