diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index 87197319ab06..2fe4f3cdf54d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static void enter_s2idle_proper(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
 	 */
 	stop_critical_timings();
 	drv->states[index].enter_s2idle(dev, drv, index);
-	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled()))
+		local_irq_disable();
 	/*
 	 * timekeeping_resume() that will be called by tick_unfreeze() for the
 	 * first CPU executing it calls functions containing RCU read-side