diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index a83be0c834dd..aa7e3dc59856 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ static void do_idle(void)
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	bool got_tick = false;
 
+	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
+		local_irq_disable();
+		/* All per-CPU kernel threads should be done by now. */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(need_resched());
+		cpuhp_report_idle_dead();
+		arch_cpu_idle_dead();
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if we need to update blocked load
 	 */
@@ -331,11 +339,6 @@ static void do_idle(void)
 		 */
 		local_irq_disable();
 
-		if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
-			cpuhp_report_idle_dead();
-			arch_cpu_idle_dead();
-		}
-
 		arch_cpu_idle_enter();
 		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();