diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index a49083192c64..671a8b5fdb6f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -740,6 +740,9 @@ balanced:
 		rt_rq->rt_throttled = 0;
 		raw_spin_unlock(&rt_rq->rt_runtime_lock);
 		raw_spin_unlock(&rt_b->rt_runtime_lock);
+
+		/* Make rt_rq available for pick_next_task() */
+		sched_rt_rq_enqueue(rt_rq);
 	}
 }