diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index ae2b1ad2360742aeec842e8f041d0d75cc3327ea..4869922f8f0281bbbba640a88204994fd7c0ee15 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
 	cpumask_var_t *doms;
 	int ndoms;
+	int i;
 
 	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
@@ -931,6 +932,12 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
 	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
 
+	/* guarantee no CPU offlining in doms */
+	for (i = 0; i < ndoms; ++i) {
+		if (doms && !cpumask_subset(doms[i], cpu_active_mask))
+			return;
+	}
+
 	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
 	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
 }