diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 890ce951c717..9cbe1c7fd36e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1230,6 +1230,32 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_next_earliest_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the earliest pushable rq's task, which is suitable to be executed
+ * on the CPU, NULL otherwise:
+ */
+static struct task_struct *pick_earliest_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
+{
+	struct rb_node *next_node = rq->dl.pushable_dl_tasks_leftmost;
+	struct task_struct *p = NULL;
+
+	if (!has_pushable_dl_tasks(rq))
+		return NULL;
+
+next_node:
+	if (next_node) {
+		p = rb_entry(next_node, struct task_struct, pushable_dl_tasks);
+
+		if (pick_dl_task(rq, p, cpu))
+			return p;
+
+		next_node = rb_next(next_node);
+		goto next_node;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, local_cpu_mask_dl);
 
 static int find_later_rq(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -1514,7 +1540,7 @@ static int pull_dl_task(struct rq *this_rq)
 		if (src_rq->dl.dl_nr_running <= 1)
 			goto skip;
 
-		p = pick_next_earliest_dl_task(src_rq, this_cpu);
+		p = pick_earliest_pushable_dl_task(src_rq, this_cpu);
 
 		/*
 		 * We found a task to be pulled if: