1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 735bd7ee749a..a6972c20eaa5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1707,7 +1707,6 @@ static int rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
         struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
 
         ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_activity) = jiffies;
-        rcu_bind_gp_kthread();
         raw_spin_lock_irq(&rnp->lock);
         smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
         if (!ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags)) {
@@ -1895,6 +1894,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
         struct rcu_state *rsp = arg;
         struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp);
 
+        rcu_bind_gp_kthread();
         for (;;) {
 
                 /* Handle grace-period start. */