diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index 1fe33987de027f73c2997960198978a557bb1027..98b7976d44afecd5c343b982a7d6a478f32b1a83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ void leave_mm(int cpu)
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(active_mm))) {
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(active_mm));
 		load_cr3(swapper_pg_dir);
-		trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
+		/*
+		 * This gets called in the idle path where RCU
+		 * functions differently.  Tracing normally
+		 * uses RCU, so we have to call the tracepoint
+		 * specially here.
+		 */
+		trace_tlb_flush_rcuidle(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(leave_mm);