diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index cbe864128e2e..69fcb4793b3b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4944,9 +4944,7 @@ static void do_sched_yield(void)
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 	struct rq *rq;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-	rq = this_rq();
-	rq_lock(rq, &rf);
+	rq = this_rq_lock_irq(&rf);
 
 	schedstat_inc(rq->yld_count);
 	current->sched_class->yield_task(rq);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 6eb8d7d70671..d5fcfe81af39 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1187,6 +1187,18 @@ rq_unlock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
 	raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
 }
 
+static inline struct rq *
+this_rq_lock_irq(struct rq_flags *rf)
+	__acquires(rq->lock)
+{
+	struct rq *rq;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+	rq = this_rq();
+	rq_lock(rq, rf);
+	return rq;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 enum numa_topology_type {
 	NUMA_DIRECT,