diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index c2390f41307b..ef483220e855 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 
 	list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
 	work->worker = worker;
-	if (likely(worker->task))
+	if (!worker->current_work && likely(worker->task))
 		wake_up_process(worker->task);
 }