diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 57042d91ae9c..baf107821d9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2481,6 +2481,7 @@ extern void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p,
 
 extern int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
 				const struct cpumask *new_mask);
+extern bool cpupri_check_rt(void);
 #else
 static inline void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p,
 				      const struct cpumask *new_mask)
@@ -2493,6 +2494,10 @@ static inline int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline bool cpupri_check_rt(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif
 
 struct sched_load {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
index 1d00cf8c00fa..14225d5d8617 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
@@ -279,3 +279,14 @@ void cpupri_cleanup(struct cpupri *cp)
 	for (i = 0; i < CPUPRI_NR_PRIORITIES; i++)
 		free_cpumask_var(cp->pri_to_cpu[i].mask);
 }
+
+/*
+ * cpupri_check_rt - check if CPU has a RT task
+ * should be called from rcu-sched read section.
+ */
+bool cpupri_check_rt(void)
+{
+	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+
+	return cpu_rq(cpu)->rd->cpupri.cpu_to_pri[cpu] > CPUPRI_NORMAL;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 39ffd41594ce..9029227e5f57 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static inline bool lockdep_softirq_start(void) { return false; }
 static inline void lockdep_softirq_end(bool in_hardirq) { }
 #endif
 
+#define long_softirq_pending()	(local_softirq_pending() & LONG_SOFTIRQ_MASK)
+#define defer_for_rt()		(long_softirq_pending() && cpupri_check_rt())
 asmlinkage __visible void __do_softirq(void)
 {
 	unsigned long end = jiffies + MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME;
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ restart:
 	pending = local_softirq_pending();
 	if (pending) {
 		if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched() &&
+		    !defer_for_rt() &&
 		    --max_restart)
 			goto restart;
 
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ void irq_enter(void)
 
 static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 {
-	if (!force_irqthreads) {
+	if (!force_irqthreads && !defer_for_rt()) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
 		/*
 		 * We can safely execute softirq on the current stack if