diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 2557143023941..f014cebbf4054 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1010,8 +1010,11 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size, size_t align, bool reserved,
 		mutex_unlock(&pcpu_alloc_mutex);
 	}
 
-	if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk)
+	if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pcpu_lock, flags);
 		pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages -= occ_pages;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pcpu_lock, flags);
+	}
 
 	if (pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages < PCPU_EMPTY_POP_PAGES_LOW)
 		pcpu_schedule_balance_work();