diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 728081a7ef1c..771b518e5f1f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2025,6 +2025,9 @@ task_hot(struct task_struct *p, u64 now, struct sched_domain *sd)
 	if (p->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (unlikely(p->policy == SCHED_IDLE))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Buddy candidates are cache hot:
 	 */