diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index a3683ce2a2f3ca99f32b3c2b120d3bd5d2d81683..33204604de6c678899af012d6232afec7ee6d753 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - panic_on_stackoverflow
 - panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
 - panic_on_warn
+- panic_on_rcu_stall
 - perf_cpu_time_max_percent
 - perf_event_paranoid
 - perf_event_max_stack
@@ -618,6 +619,17 @@ a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN().
 
 ==============================================================
 
+panic_on_rcu_stall:
+
+When set to 1, calls panic() after RCU stall detection messages. This
+is useful to define the root cause of RCU stalls using a vmcore.
+
+0: do not panic() when RCU stall takes place, default behavior.
+
+1: panic() after printing RCU stall messages.
+
+==============================================================
+
 perf_cpu_time_max_percent:
 
 Hints to the kernel how much CPU time it should be allowed to
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 94aa10ffe15615725e69417945a1ea5041c93384..c42082112ec8d59c052041a44fbb339f0adf9e9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ extern int panic_on_oops;
 extern int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 extern int panic_on_io_nmi;
 extern int panic_on_warn;
+extern int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall;
 extern int sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow;
 
 extern bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index c844b6142a860cbb6aab0aea5a227bec1c4b6e9c..e5ca15a461b966fea9164915b9682f576e295a72 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ int rcu_num_lvls __read_mostly = RCU_NUM_LVLS;
 /* Number of rcu_nodes at specified level. */
 static int num_rcu_lvl[] = NUM_RCU_LVL_INIT;
 int rcu_num_nodes __read_mostly = NUM_RCU_NODES; /* Total # rcu_nodes in use. */
+/* panic() on RCU Stall sysctl. */
+int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * The rcu_scheduler_active variable transitions from zero to one just
@@ -1312,6 +1314,12 @@ static void rcu_stall_kick_kthreads(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void panic_on_rcu_stall(void)
+{
+	if (sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall)
+		panic("RCU Stall\n");
+}
+
 static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long gpnum)
 {
 	int cpu;
@@ -1391,6 +1399,8 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long gpnum)
 
 	rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(rsp);
 
+	panic_on_rcu_stall();
+
 	force_quiescent_state(rsp);  /* Kick them all. */
 }
 
@@ -1431,6 +1441,8 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 			   jiffies + 3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 
+	panic_on_rcu_stall();
+
 	/*
 	 * Attempt to revive the RCU machinery by forcing a context switch.
 	 *
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 87b2fc38398b1550921b694b12767b652d596e84..35f0dcb1cb4f6db187679edc586b5df543e85046 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &one,
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU)
+	{
+		.procname	= "panic_on_rcu_stall",
+		.data		= &sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
 #endif
 	{ }
 };