diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index f8d540b324ca..f06d059edef5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4756,6 +4756,8 @@ static int migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action,
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
+		if (!cpu_rq(cpu)->migration_thread)
+			break;
 		/* Unbind it from offline cpu so it can run.  Fall thru. */
 		kthread_bind(cpu_rq(cpu)->migration_thread,
 			     any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 336f92d64e2e..9e2f1c6e73d7 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ static int cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
+		if (!per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu))
+			break;
 		/* Unbind so it can run.  Fall thru. */
 		kthread_bind(per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu),
 			     any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index 2c1be1163edc..b5c3b94e01ce 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
+		if (!per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu))
+			break;
 		/* Unbind so it can run.  Fall thru. */
 		kthread_bind(per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu),
 			     any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index f869aff6bc0c..565cf7a1febd 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ static int workqueue_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
 		list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
+			if (!per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, hotcpu)->thread)
+				continue;
 			/* Unbind so it can run. */
 			kthread_bind(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, hotcpu)->thread,
 				     any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));