diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
index 3de34633f7f9..7f9aff4b8d62 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
@@ -909,6 +909,13 @@ static long __acpi_processor_get_throttling(void *data)
 	return pr->throttling.acpi_processor_get_throttling(pr);
 }
 
+static int call_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg, bool direct)
+{
+	if (direct || (is_percpu_thread() && cpu == smp_processor_id()))
+		return fn(arg);
+	return work_on_cpu(cpu, fn, arg);
+}
+
 static int acpi_processor_get_throttling(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
 	if (!pr)
@@ -926,7 +933,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_throttling(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	if (!cpu_online(pr->id))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return work_on_cpu(pr->id, __acpi_processor_get_throttling, pr);
+	return call_on_cpu(pr->id, __acpi_processor_get_throttling, pr, false);
 }
 
 static int acpi_processor_get_fadt_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
@@ -1076,13 +1083,6 @@ static long acpi_processor_throttling_fn(void *data)
 			arg->target_state, arg->force);
 }
 
-static int call_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg, bool direct)
-{
-	if (direct)
-		return fn(arg);
-	return work_on_cpu(cpu, fn, arg);
-}
-
 static int __acpi_processor_set_throttling(struct acpi_processor *pr,
 					   int state, bool force, bool direct)
 {