diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index f40754caaefa..a49fe8d88676 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -607,6 +607,15 @@ struct softirq_action
 asmlinkage void do_softirq(void);
 asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+extern void do_softirq_post_smp_call_flush(unsigned int was_pending);
+#else
+static inline void do_softirq_post_smp_call_flush(unsigned int unused)
+{
+	do_softirq();
+}
+#endif
+
 extern void open_softirq(int nr, void (*action)(struct softirq_action *));
 extern void softirq_init(void);
 extern void __raise_softirq_irqoff(unsigned int nr);
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 8e85f22ed538..d54c2fe51ada 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ static void __flush_smp_call_function_queue(bool warn_cpu_offline)
  */
 void flush_smp_call_function_queue(void)
 {
+	unsigned int was_pending;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (llist_empty(this_cpu_ptr(&call_single_queue)))
@@ -704,9 +705,11 @@ void flush_smp_call_function_queue(void)
 	cfd_seq_store(this_cpu_ptr(&cfd_seq_local)->idle, CFD_SEQ_NOCPU,
 		      smp_processor_id(), CFD_SEQ_IDLE);
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	/* Get the already pending soft interrupts for RT enabled kernels */
+	was_pending = local_softirq_pending();
 	__flush_smp_call_function_queue(true);
 	if (local_softirq_pending())
-		do_softirq();
+		do_softirq_post_smp_call_flush(was_pending);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index fac801815554..9f0aef8aa9ff 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -294,6 +294,19 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 		wakeup_softirqd();
 }
 
+/*
+ * flush_smp_call_function_queue() can raise a soft interrupt in a function
+ * call. On RT kernels this is undesired and the only known functionality
+ * in the block layer which does this is disabled on RT. If soft interrupts
+ * get raised which haven't been raised before the flush, warn so it can be
+ * investigated.
+ */
+void do_softirq_post_smp_call_flush(unsigned int was_pending)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(was_pending != local_softirq_pending()))
+		invoke_softirq();
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
 
 /*