diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0c19b0d9d65f..b0034456479e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8950,7 +8950,7 @@ int __sched yield_to(struct task_struct *p, bool preempt)
 	struct rq *rq, *p_rq;
 	int yielded = 0;
 
-	scoped_guard (irqsave) {
+	scoped_guard (raw_spinlock_irqsave, &p->pi_lock) {
 		rq = this_rq();
 
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