diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a29a50521c77..fee79824c175 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@ extern int task_can_attach(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *cs_cpus_
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
 extern int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
+extern bool cpupri_check_rt(void);
 #else
 static inline void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 {
@@ -1669,6 +1670,10 @@ static inline int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpuma
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline bool cpupri_check_rt(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifndef cpu_relax_yield
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
index 4857566d28b5..8ad7003de0c9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
@@ -272,3 +272,14 @@ void cpupri_cleanup(struct cpupri *cp)
 	for (i = 0; i < CPUPRI_NR_PRIORITIES; i++)
 		free_cpumask_var(cp->pri_to_cpu[i].mask);
 }
+
+/*
+ * cpupri_check_rt - check if CPU has a RT task
+ * should be called from rcu-sched read section.
+ */
+bool cpupri_check_rt(void)
+{
+	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+
+	return cpu_rq(cpu)->rd->cpupri.cpu_to_pri[cpu] > CPUPRI_NORMAL;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 534164738ad9..6cea74fa24f3 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ static inline bool lockdep_softirq_start(void) { return false; }
 static inline void lockdep_softirq_end(bool in_hardirq) { }
 #endif
 
+#define long_softirq_pending()	(local_softirq_pending() & LONG_SOFTIRQ_MASK)
+#define defer_for_rt()		(long_softirq_pending() && cpupri_check_rt())
 asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
 {
 	unsigned long end = jiffies + MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME;
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
 	pending = local_softirq_pending();
 	if (pending) {
 		if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched() &&
+		    !defer_for_rt() &&
 		    --max_restart)
 			goto restart;
 
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 	if (ksoftirqd_running(local_softirq_pending()))
 		return;
 
-	if (!force_irqthreads) {
+	if (!force_irqthreads && !defer_for_rt()) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
 		/*
 		 * We can safely execute softirq on the current stack if