1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 9c990df880d1..d969650a72c6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ static bool sync_exp_work_done(unsigned long s)
 {
         if (rcu_exp_gp_seq_done(s)) {
                 trace_rcu_exp_grace_period(rcu_state.name, s, TPS("done"));
-                /* Ensure test happens before caller kfree(). */
-                smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* ^^^ */
+                smp_mb(); /* Ensure test happens before caller kfree(). */
                 return true;
         }
         return false;