diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 2e850a51bb8fe285179fee76124dbc375851f09a..0d7bbe3095ad717c369b142079f16236a58e1af7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
 static cpumask_var_t rcu_nocb_mask; /* CPUs to have callbacks offloaded. */
 static bool have_rcu_nocb_mask;	    /* Was rcu_nocb_mask allocated? */
 static bool __read_mostly rcu_nocb_poll;    /* Offload kthread are to poll. */
-static char __initdata nocb_buf[NR_CPUS * 5];
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
 
 /*
@@ -2386,8 +2385,8 @@ void __init rcu_init_nohz(void)
 		cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask,
 			    rcu_nocb_mask);
 	}
-	cpulist_scnprintf(nocb_buf, sizeof(nocb_buf), rcu_nocb_mask);
-	pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %s.\n", nocb_buf);
+	pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %*pbl.\n",
+		cpumask_pr_args(rcu_nocb_mask));
 	if (rcu_nocb_poll)
 		pr_info("\tPoll for callbacks from no-CBs CPUs.\n");