diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 127e727fb7b4..ba3633940f6f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9246,10 +9246,8 @@ static inline bool others_have_blocked(struct rq *rq)
 	if (thermal_load_avg(rq))
 		return true;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ
-	if (READ_ONCE(rq->avg_irq.util_avg))
+	if (cpu_util_irq(rq))
 		return true;
-#endif
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 001fe047bd5d..d2242679239e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ static inline bool uclamp_rq_is_idle(struct rq *rq)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ
 static inline unsigned long cpu_util_irq(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	return rq->avg_irq.util_avg;
+	return READ_ONCE(rq->avg_irq.util_avg);
 }
 
 static inline