diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d2c881384517..3341ae2e8231 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2011,6 +2011,8 @@ static inline void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
+extern bool sched_task_on_rq(struct task_struct *p);
+
 /*
  * In order to reduce various lock holder preemption latencies provide an
  * interface to see if a vCPU is currently running or not.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 5226cc26a095..78e480f7881a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1590,6 +1590,11 @@ static inline void uclamp_post_fork(struct task_struct *p) { }
 static inline void init_uclamp(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */
 
+bool sched_task_on_rq(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return task_on_rq_queued(p);
+}
+
 static inline void enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 {
 	if (!(flags & ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK))
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index acbe6722cf75..197a3bd882ad 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -324,14 +324,28 @@ void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu)
 
 static void tick_nohz_kick_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	int cpu = task_cpu(tsk);
+	int cpu;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the task is not running, run_posix_cpu_timers()
+	 * has nothing to elapse, IPI can then be spared.
+	 *
+	 * activate_task()                      STORE p->tick_dep_mask
+	 *   STORE p->on_rq
+	 * __schedule() (switch to task 'p')    smp_mb() (atomic_fetch_or())
+	 *   LOCK rq->lock                      LOAD p->on_rq
+	 *   smp_mb__after_spin_lock()
+	 *   tick_nohz_task_switch()
+	 *     LOAD p->tick_dep_mask
+	 */
+	if (!sched_task_on_rq(tsk))
+		return;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the task concurrently migrates to another CPU,
 	 * we guarantee it sees the new tick dependency upon
 	 * schedule.
 	 *
-	 *
 	 * set_task_cpu(p, cpu);
 	 *   STORE p->cpu = @cpu
 	 * __schedule() (switch to task 'p')
@@ -340,6 +354,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_kick_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 *   tick_nohz_task_switch()            smp_mb() (atomic_fetch_or())
 	 *      LOAD p->tick_dep_mask           LOAD p->cpu
 	 */
+	cpu = task_cpu(tsk);
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	if (cpu_online(cpu))