diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 683d493aa1bf..171420e75b03 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7072,10 +7072,20 @@ static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 		oldsd->output_queue = NULL;
 		oldsd->output_queue_tailp = &oldsd->output_queue;
 	}
-	/* Append NAPI poll list from offline CPU. */
-	if (!list_empty(&oldsd->poll_list)) {
-		list_splice_init(&oldsd->poll_list, &sd->poll_list);
-		raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ);
+	/* Append NAPI poll list from offline CPU, with one exception :
+	 * process_backlog() must be called by cpu owning percpu backlog.
+	 * We properly handle process_queue & input_pkt_queue later.
+	 */
+	while (!list_empty(&oldsd->poll_list)) {
+		struct napi_struct *napi = list_first_entry(&oldsd->poll_list,
+							    struct napi_struct,
+							    poll_list);
+
+		list_del_init(&napi->poll_list);
+		if (napi->poll == process_backlog)
+			napi->state = 0;
+		else
+			____napi_schedule(sd, napi);
 	}
 
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
@@ -7086,7 +7096,7 @@ static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 		netif_rx_internal(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}
-	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue))) {
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue))) {
 		netif_rx_internal(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}