diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index b84773cb9f4c..06cc093ab7ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking_state.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ static inline u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 extern bool tick_nohz_full_running;
 extern cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
+extern cpumask_var_t housekeeping_mask;
 
 static inline bool tick_nohz_full_enabled(void)
 {
@@ -194,6 +196,24 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_full_kick_all(void) { }
 static inline void __tick_nohz_task_switch(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 #endif
 
+static inline bool is_housekeeping_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, housekeeping_mask);
+#endif
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline void housekeeping_affine(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(t, housekeeping_mask);
+
+#endif
+}
+
 static inline void tick_nohz_full_check(void)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 719587af7b10..b39ba7239bd6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2846,12 +2846,16 @@ static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp)
  */
 static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-	int cpu = tick_do_timer_cpu;
+	int __maybe_unused cpu;
 
-	if (cpu < 0 || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		return;
-	if (raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu)
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
+	cpu = tick_do_timer_cpu;
+	if (cpu >= 0 && cpu < nr_cpu_ids && raw_smp_processor_id() != cpu)
 		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
+	if (!is_housekeeping_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id()))
+		housekeeping_affine(current);
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 6558b7ac112d..f784d83e29f1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
+cpumask_var_t housekeeping_mask;
 bool tick_nohz_full_running;
 
 static bool can_stop_full_tick(void)
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
 	int cpu;
 
 	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&tick_nohz_full_mask);
+	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&housekeeping_mask);
 	if (cpulist_parse(str, tick_nohz_full_mask) < 0) {
 		pr_warning("NOHZ: Incorrect nohz_full cpumask\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -291,6 +293,8 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
 		pr_warning("NO_HZ: Clearing %d from nohz_full range for timekeeping\n", cpu);
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tick_nohz_full_mask);
 	}
+	cpumask_andnot(housekeeping_mask,
+		       cpu_possible_mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
 	tick_nohz_full_running = true;
 
 	return 1;
@@ -332,9 +336,15 @@ static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
 		pr_err("NO_HZ: Can't allocate full dynticks cpumask\n");
 		return err;
 	}
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&housekeeping_mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		pr_err("NO_HZ: Can't allocate not-full dynticks cpumask\n");
+		return err;
+	}
 	err = 0;
 	cpumask_setall(tick_nohz_full_mask);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), tick_nohz_full_mask);
+	cpumask_clear(housekeeping_mask);
+	cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), housekeeping_mask);
 	tick_nohz_full_running = true;
 #endif
 	return err;