diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 1a4de31bd7b4d76392ed71e76a080bcdbbe20b72..fcea332a84244396072977afbb32e65a902ede05 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ extern int sched_expedited_torture_stats(char *page);
 
 /* Internal to kernel */
 extern void rcu_init(void);
+extern int rcu_scheduler_active;
+extern void rcu_scheduler_starting(void);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU)
 #include <linux/rcutree.h>
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_sched_held(void)
 
 	if (debug_locks)
 		lockdep_opinion = lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map);
-	return lockdep_opinion || preempt_count() != 0;
+	return lockdep_opinion || preempt_count() != 0 || !rcu_scheduler_active;
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutiny.h b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
index 2b70d4e37383d70a0b7d099675c321b188ab7c34..a5195875480aa299d96e0649f524a184cdd88413 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ static inline void rcu_exit_nohz(void)
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 
-static inline void rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void exit_rcu(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index 704a010f686cc637472f960b0b5cb4eb20d3b70d..42cc3a04779ee1376adce84aeb57655df656d06f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct notifier_block;
 extern void rcu_sched_qs(int cpu);
 extern void rcu_bh_qs(int cpu);
 extern int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu);
-extern void rcu_scheduler_starting(void);
 extern int rcu_expedited_torture_stats(char *page);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 033cb55c26df50fae2542785bd82c1071eeb65a6..7bfa004572b1c25ba16871f3761387d11221931a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 static struct lock_class_key rcu_lock_key;
@@ -62,6 +63,23 @@ struct lockdep_map rcu_sched_lock_map =
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_sched_lock_map);
 #endif
 
+int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
+
+/*
+ * This function is invoked towards the end of the scheduler's initialization
+ * process.  Before this is called, the idle task might contain
+ * RCU read-side critical sections (during which time, this idle
+ * task is booting the system).  After this function is called, the
+ * idle tasks are prohibited from containing RCU read-side critical
+ * sections.
+ */
+void rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
+{
+	WARN_ON(num_online_cpus() != 1);
+	WARN_ON(nr_context_switches() > 0);
+	rcu_scheduler_active = 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Awaken the corresponding synchronize_rcu() instance now that a
  * grace period has elapsed.
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 525d3981061625bf2fc0d1d406a4e8e982967af8..335bfe4f0076b5cfc8be8de1108cf3f3fad0001b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 
 #include "rcutree.h"
 
@@ -81,9 +80,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_sched_data);
 struct rcu_state rcu_bh_state = RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh_state);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_bh_data);
 
-static int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
-
-
 /*
  * Return true if an RCU grace period is in progress.  The ACCESS_ONCE()s
  * permit this function to be invoked without holding the root rcu_node
@@ -1565,21 +1561,6 @@ static int rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(int cpu)
 	       rcu_preempt_needs_cpu(cpu);
 }
 
-/*
- * This function is invoked towards the end of the scheduler's initialization
- * process.  Before this is called, the idle task might contain
- * RCU read-side critical sections (during which time, this idle
- * task is booting the system).  After this function is called, the
- * idle tasks are prohibited from containing RCU read-side critical
- * sections.
- */
-void rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
-{
-	WARN_ON(num_online_cpus() != 1);
-	WARN_ON(nr_context_switches() > 0);
-	rcu_scheduler_active = 1;
-}
-
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_head, rcu_barrier_head) = {NULL};
 static atomic_t rcu_barrier_cpu_count;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(rcu_barrier_mutex);