diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 4cdc91cf48f6..9e49af00ae3e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,18 @@ void wake_up_idle_cpu(int cpu)
 		smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
 }
 
+static inline bool got_nohz_idle_kick(void)
+{
+	return idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()) && this_rq()->nohz_balance_kick;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+
+static inline bool got_nohz_idle_kick(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 
 static u64 sched_avg_period(void)
@@ -2717,7 +2729,7 @@ static void sched_ttwu_pending(void)
 
 void scheduler_ipi(void)
 {
-	if (llist_empty(&this_rq()->wake_list))
+	if (llist_empty(&this_rq()->wake_list) && !got_nohz_idle_kick())
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -2735,6 +2747,12 @@ void scheduler_ipi(void)
 	 */
 	irq_enter();
 	sched_ttwu_pending();
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if someone kicked us for doing the nohz idle load balance.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(got_nohz_idle_kick() && !need_resched()))
+		raise_softirq_irqoff(SCHED_SOFTIRQ);
 	irq_exit();
 }
 
@@ -8288,7 +8306,6 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 		rq_attach_root(rq, &def_root_domain);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
 		rq->nohz_balance_kick = 0;
-		init_sched_softirq_csd(&per_cpu(remote_sched_softirq_cb, i));
 #endif
 #endif
 		init_rq_hrtick(rq);
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index fef0bfde7c8c..6c5fa1099229 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -4269,22 +4269,6 @@ out_unlock:
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct call_single_data, remote_sched_softirq_cb);
-
-static void trigger_sched_softirq(void *data)
-{
-	raise_softirq_irqoff(SCHED_SOFTIRQ);
-}
-
-static inline void init_sched_softirq_csd(struct call_single_data *csd)
-{
-	csd->func = trigger_sched_softirq;
-	csd->info = NULL;
-	csd->flags = 0;
-	csd->priv = 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * idle load balancing details
  * - One of the idle CPUs nominates itself as idle load_balancer, while
@@ -4450,11 +4434,16 @@ static void nohz_balancer_kick(int cpu)
 	}
 
 	if (!cpu_rq(ilb_cpu)->nohz_balance_kick) {
-		struct call_single_data *cp;
-
 		cpu_rq(ilb_cpu)->nohz_balance_kick = 1;
-		cp = &per_cpu(remote_sched_softirq_cb, cpu);
-		__smp_call_function_single(ilb_cpu, cp, 0);
+
+		smp_mb();
+		/*
+		 * Use smp_send_reschedule() instead of resched_cpu().
+		 * This way we generate a sched IPI on the target cpu which
+		 * is idle. And the softirq performing nohz idle load balance
+		 * will be run before returning from the IPI.
+		 */
+		smp_send_reschedule(ilb_cpu);
 	}
 	return;
 }