diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 7be88a7be047..720df108a2d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2041,7 +2041,8 @@ void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int new_cpu)
 	 * We should never call set_task_cpu() on a blocked task,
 	 * ttwu() will sort out the placement.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(p->state != TASK_RUNNING && p->state != TASK_WAKING);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(p->state != TASK_RUNNING && p->state != TASK_WAKING &&
+			!(task_thread_info(p)->preempt_count & PREEMPT_ACTIVE));
 #endif
 
 	trace_sched_migrate_task(p, new_cpu);