diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 837241568d76..1dad5bbb59b6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -549,8 +549,10 @@ static
 void requeue_rt_entity(struct rt_rq *rt_rq, struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se)
 {
 	struct rt_prio_array *array = &rt_rq->active;
+	struct list_head *queue = array->queue + rt_se_prio(rt_se);
 
-	list_move_tail(&rt_se->run_list, array->queue + rt_se_prio(rt_se));
+	if (on_rt_rq(rt_se))
+		list_move_tail(&rt_se->run_list, queue);
 }
 
 static void requeue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)