diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 70de34338384..10c490521a54 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void sugov_deferred_update(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time,
 
 	if (use_pelt())
 		sg_policy->work_in_progress = true;
-	irq_work_queue(&sg_policy->irq_work);
+	walt_irq_work_queue(&sg_policy->irq_work);
 }
 
 #define TARGET_LOAD 80
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index d7df89dbff31..165369e4acf9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3368,3 +3368,18 @@ extern void walt_init_sched_boost(struct task_group *tg);
 #else
 static inline void walt_init_sched_boost(struct task_group *tg) {}
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WALT
+static inline void walt_irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work)
+{
+	if (likely(cpu_online(raw_smp_processor_id())))
+		irq_work_queue(work);
+	else
+		irq_work_queue_on(work, cpumask_any(cpu_online_mask));
+}
+#else
+static inline void walt_irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work)
+{
+	irq_work_queue(work);
+}
+#endif