diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 5094573e8b45c..5557d19ea81c3 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -912,6 +912,16 @@ void wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task)
 	worker->sleeping = 1;
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Recheck in case unbind_workers() preempted us. We don't
+	 * want to decrement nr_running after the worker is unbound
+	 * and nr_running has been reset.
+	 */
+	if (worker->flags & WORKER_NOT_RUNNING) {
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The counterpart of the following dec_and_test, implied mb,
 	 * worklist not empty test sequence is in insert_work().