diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6b99659cbeec..40667cbf371b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4005,6 +4005,10 @@ void __start_cfs_bandwidth(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b, bool force)
 
 static void destroy_cfs_bandwidth(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
 {
+	/* init_cfs_bandwidth() was not called */
+	if (!cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq.next)
+		return;
+
 	hrtimer_cancel(&cfs_b->period_timer);
 	hrtimer_cancel(&cfs_b->slack_timer);
 }