diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index b9368d123451..cd9a37c0601b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10056,6 +10056,10 @@ static inline int find_new_ilb(void)
 
 	for_each_cpu_and(ilb, nohz.idle_cpus_mask,
 			      housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_MISC)) {
+
+		if (ilb == smp_processor_id())
+			continue;
+
 		if (idle_cpu(ilb))
 			return ilb;
 	}