diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 65de88cdf40e..ed19c0d42de6 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -2144,11 +2144,13 @@ static void vmstat_shepherd(struct work_struct *w)
 		 * infrastructure ever noticing. Skip regular flushing from vmstat_shepherd
 		 * for all isolated CPUs to avoid interference with the isolated workload.
 		 */
-		if (cpu_is_isolated(cpu))
-			continue;
+		scoped_guard(rcu) {
+			if (cpu_is_isolated(cpu))
+				continue;
 
-		if (!delayed_work_pending(dw) && need_update(cpu))
-			queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, mm_percpu_wq, dw, 0);
+			if (!delayed_work_pending(dw) && need_update(cpu))
+				queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, mm_percpu_wq, dw, 0);
+		}
 
 		cond_resched();
 	}