diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
index 34244523550e16e498754debe9917b7506c1196f..19249b86fb33e351028a6fa7a4fe89c62ff6455d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ rcu_perf_cleanup(void)
 
 	if (torture_cleanup_begin())
 		return;
+	if (!cur_ops) {
+		torture_cleanup_end();
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (reader_tasks) {
 		for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++)
@@ -681,6 +685,7 @@ rcu_perf_init(void)
 			pr_cont(" %s", perf_ops[i]->name);
 		pr_cont("\n");
 		firsterr = -EINVAL;
+		cur_ops = NULL;
 		goto unwind;
 	}
 	if (cur_ops->init)