diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index da800ffa810c..827e0f862da4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -456,23 +456,27 @@ void tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(unsigned long reason)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int cpu;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
-
 	/*
 	 * Periodic mode does not care about the enter/exit of power
 	 * states
 	 */
 	if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
-	bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;
+	/*
+	 * We are called with preemtion disabled from the depth of the
+	 * idle code, so we can't be moved away.
+	 */
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
 	dev = td->evtdev;
 
 	if (!(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
+	bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
 	if (reason == CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER) {
 		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tick_get_broadcast_oneshot_mask())) {
 			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tick_get_broadcast_oneshot_mask());
@@ -489,8 +493,6 @@ void tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(unsigned long reason)
 				tick_program_event(dev->next_event, 1);
 		}
 	}
-
-out:
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
 }