diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 8d06d1f4e2f7..e7525f2caa58 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -2375,9 +2375,13 @@ void dl_add_task_root_domain(struct task_struct *p)
 	struct rq *rq;
 	struct dl_bw *dl_b;
 
-	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
-	if (!dl_task(p))
-		goto unlock;
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, rf.flags);
+	if (!dl_task(p)) {
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, rf.flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rq = __task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
 
 	dl_b = &rq->rd->dl_bw;
 	raw_spin_lock(&dl_b->lock);
@@ -2386,7 +2390,6 @@ void dl_add_task_root_domain(struct task_struct *p)
 
 	raw_spin_unlock(&dl_b->lock);
 
-unlock:
 	task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
 }