diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 9076f3324cb1..e9a07ac7bb26 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static void z_erofs_decompress_kickoff(struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *io,
 	if (atomic_add_return(bios, &io->pending_bios))
 		return;
 	/* Use (kthread_)work and sync decompression for atomic contexts only */
-	if (in_atomic() || irqs_disabled()) {
+	if (!in_task() || irqs_disabled() || rcu_read_lock_any_held()) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD
 		struct kthread_worker *worker;