diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
index 572adb622251..1e42a23c1f2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static void remote_ipi(void)
 {
 	cpumask_copy(to_cpumask(nmi_ipi_mask), cpu_online_mask);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), to_cpumask(nmi_ipi_mask));
-	test_nmi_ipi(to_cpumask(nmi_ipi_mask));
+	if (!cpumask_empty(nmi_ipi_mask))
+		test_nmi_ipi(to_cpumask(nmi_ipi_mask));
 }
 
 static void local_ipi(void)