diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index ce5b3ffbd6ee..878ed43d8753 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ static const struct attribute_group *cpu_root_attr_groups[] = {
 bool cpu_is_hotpluggable(unsigned cpu)
 {
 	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
-	return dev && container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev)->hotpluggable;
+	return dev && container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev)->hotpluggable
+		&& tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(cpu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_is_hotpluggable);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 965163bdfe41..443726085f6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ extern void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit);
 extern void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit);
+extern bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu);
 
 /*
  * The below are tick_nohz_[set,clear]_dep() wrappers that optimize off-cases
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_full_add_cpus_to(struct cpumask *mask) { }
 
 static inline void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu) { return true; }
 
 static inline void tick_dep_set(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7228bdd2eabe..25c6efa2c557 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void __init tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	tick_nohz_full_running = true;
 }
 
-static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
+bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The boot CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound timers,
@@ -414,8 +414,13 @@ static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
 	 * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled.
 	 */
 	if (tick_nohz_full_running && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu)
-		return -EBUSY;
-	return 0;
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(cpu) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
 }
 
 void __init tick_nohz_init(void)