diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 0dd5e0971a07..b5700bceee55 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ static void switched_to_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (unlikely(p->dl.dl_throttled))
 		return;
 
-	if (p->on_rq || rq->curr != p) {
+	if (p->on_rq && rq->curr != p) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		if (rq->dl.overloaded && push_dl_task(rq) && rq != task_rq(p))
 			/* Only reschedule if pushing failed */