diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 88ac3652fcf2..07e99c936ba5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ static int irq_find_free_area(unsigned int from, unsigned int cnt)
 static unsigned int irq_find_at_or_after(unsigned int offset)
 {
 	unsigned long index = offset;
-	struct irq_desc *desc = mt_find(&sparse_irqs, &index, nr_irqs);
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+
+	guard(rcu)();
+	desc = mt_find(&sparse_irqs, &index, nr_irqs);
 
 	return desc ? irq_desc_get_irq(desc) : nr_irqs;
 }