diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
index bb6f7a2148d7781f64836a14f6f9884bd7955740..72b575a0b662c8bbc597c1212a9028e11654f84b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ static int allocate_vector(struct irq_data *irqd, const struct cpumask *dest)
 	if (vector && cpu_online(cpu) && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, dest))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Careful here. @apicd might either have move_in_progress set or
+	 * be enqueued for cleanup. Assigning a new vector would either
+	 * leave a stale vector on some CPU around or in case of a pending
+	 * cleanup corrupt the hlist.
+	 */
+	if (apicd->move_in_progress || !hlist_unhashed(&apicd->clist))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	vector = irq_matrix_alloc(vector_matrix, dest, resvd, &cpu);
 	if (vector > 0)
 		apic_update_vector(irqd, vector, cpu);