diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 059052306831..9a82c7dc3fdd 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -183,13 +183,8 @@ static inline bool tick_nohz_full_cpu(int cpu)
 
 extern void tick_nohz_init(void);
 extern void __tick_nohz_full_check(void);
+extern void tick_nohz_full_kick(void);
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu);
-
-static inline void tick_nohz_full_kick(void)
-{
-	tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(smp_processor_id());
-}
-
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick_all(void);
 extern void __tick_nohz_task_switch(struct task_struct *tsk);
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 99aa6ee3908f..f654a8a298fa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -224,6 +224,20 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_work, nohz_full_kick_work) = {
 	.func = nohz_full_kick_work_func,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Kick this CPU if it's full dynticks in order to force it to
+ * re-evaluate its dependency on the tick and restart it if necessary.
+ * This kick, unlike tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() and tick_nohz_full_kick_all(),
+ * is NMI safe.
+ */
+void tick_nohz_full_kick(void)
+{
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
+		return;
+
+	irq_work_queue(&__get_cpu_var(nohz_full_kick_work));
+}
+
 /*
  * Kick the CPU if it's full dynticks in order to force it to
  * re-evaluate its dependency on the tick and restart it if necessary.