diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
index 812d93e39fcc..ad2668a9d832 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int cpu_power_select(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 				next_wakeup_us = next_event_us - lvl_latency_us;
 		}
 
-		if (!i) {
+		if (!i && !cpu_isolated(dev->cpu)) {
 			/*
 			 * If the next_wake_us itself is not sufficient for
 			 * deeper low power modes than clock gating do not