diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 72f2fa189cc5200bb98143c6b35de8ffc9e0aaee..1401a758797316ef402c6a35d5957643931a7f8e 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -281,4 +281,14 @@ config SECCOMP_FILTER
 
 	  See Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt for details.
 
+config HAVE_RCU_USER_QS
+	bool
+	help
+	  Provide kernel entry/exit hooks necessary for userspace
+	  RCU extended quiescent state. Syscalls need to be wrapped inside
+	  rcu_user_exit()-rcu_user_enter() through the slow path using
+	  TIF_NOHZ flag. Exceptions handlers must be wrapped as well. Irqs
+	  are already protected inside rcu_irq_enter/rcu_irq_exit() but
+	  preemption or signal handling on irq exit still need to be protected.
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index f818dd165b4496c11fccb27301b7242f6638cc77..f5034f22e94bffc8bdc53148dc9c72bb17591362 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -191,10 +191,19 @@ extern void rcu_idle_enter(void);
 extern void rcu_idle_exit(void);
 extern void rcu_irq_enter(void);
 extern void rcu_irq_exit(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS
 extern void rcu_user_enter(void);
 extern void rcu_user_exit(void);
 extern void rcu_user_enter_after_irq(void);
 extern void rcu_user_exit_after_irq(void);
+#else
+static inline void rcu_user_enter(void) { }
+static inline void rcu_user_exit(void) { }
+static inline void rcu_user_enter_after_irq(void) { }
+static inline void rcu_user_exit_after_irq(void) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS */
+
 extern void exit_rcu(void);
 
 /**
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index af6c7f8ba019ae25519f858850b2637b1fc76c8e..f6a1830165cea833dd5e674e14fefad4ec5469a3 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -441,6 +441,16 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU
 	  This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
 	  the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
 
+config RCU_USER_QS
+	bool "Consider userspace as in RCU extended quiescent state"
+	depends on HAVE_RCU_USER_QS && SMP
+	help
+	  This option sets hooks on kernel / userspace boundaries and
+	  puts RCU in extended quiescent state when the CPU runs in
+	  userspace. It means that when a CPU runs in userspace, it is
+	  excluded from the global RCU state machine and thus doesn't
+	  to keep the timer tick on for RCU.
+
 config RCU_FANOUT
 	int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value"
 	range 2 64 if 64BIT
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 4138f59fa2f454e4635da5c2fbbe5726e7917c40..79fa2db1595ba62d725163ce273feb3c53b42a60 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS
 /**
  * rcu_user_enter - inform RCU that we are resuming userspace.
  *
@@ -424,7 +425,6 @@ void rcu_user_enter(void)
 	rcu_eqs_enter(1);
 }
 
-
 /**
  * rcu_user_enter_after_irq - inform RCU that we are going to resume userspace
  * after the current irq returns.
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ void rcu_user_enter_after_irq(void)
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 1;
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS */
 
 /**
  * rcu_irq_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is exiting irq towards idle
@@ -548,6 +549,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS
 /**
  * rcu_user_exit - inform RCU that we are exiting userspace.
  *
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ void rcu_user_exit_after_irq(void)
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting += DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE;
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS */
 
 /**
  * rcu_irq_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering irq away from idle