diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 8f0f45e002f2..93d140f159cc 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -769,12 +769,20 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
 	get_online_cpus();
 
+	/*
+	 * We have raced with CPU hotplug. Don't do anything to avoid
+	 * passing doms with offlined cpu to partition_sched_domains().
+	 * Anyways, hotplug work item will rebuild sched domains.
+	 */
+	if (!cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
 	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
 
 	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
 	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
-
+out:
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_SMP */