diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1b70cb6fbe3ccda0466f3f0004865d82cdd9399d..9be47f43903b1fa4501768c9402742e60c652669 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3489,7 +3489,7 @@ static int rcu_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 }
 
 /*
- * Spawn the kthread that handles this RCU flavor's grace periods.
+ * Spawn the kthreads that handle each RCU flavor's grace periods.
  */
 static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
 {
@@ -3498,6 +3498,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
+	rcu_scheduler_fully_active = 1;
 	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) {
 		t = kthread_run(rcu_gp_kthread, rsp, "%s", rsp->name);
 		BUG_ON(IS_ERR(t));
@@ -3507,6 +3508,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 		rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(rsp);
 	}
+	rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads();
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 6a86eb7bac45e7b540f1ab9ead7d412cf6ef60fa..a966092fdfd7b3b7af575da66436baa2d3864067 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void);
 static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(int cpu);
 static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 4c1af96836f66206d0d5f2e05f2e3c5927fa5755..410c74424d962a6cdedee4b4428079d7b73c8d8d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1435,14 +1435,13 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread rcu_cpu_thread_spec = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
+ * Spawn boost kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
  */
-static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
+static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void)
 {
 	struct rcu_node *rnp;
 	int cpu;
 
-	rcu_scheduler_fully_active = 1;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
 	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&rcu_cpu_thread_spec));
@@ -1452,9 +1451,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
 		rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state_p, rnp)
 			(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rcu_state_p, rnp);
 	}
-	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
 
 static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
@@ -1492,12 +1489,9 @@ static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
 {
 }
 
-static int __init rcu_scheduler_really_started(void)
+static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void)
 {
-	rcu_scheduler_fully_active = 1;
-	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(rcu_scheduler_really_started);
 
 static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {