diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index c310c7c1cef7..0a6b04714558 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <trace/events/napi.h>
+#include <linux/kconfig.h>
 
 /*
  * We maintain a small pool of fully-sized skbs, to make sure the
@@ -389,7 +390,8 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
 	static atomic_t ip_ident;
 	struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	udp_len = len + sizeof(*udph);
 	if (np->ipv6)