diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 83c7e6620d40317c4785c3da770dcd82e2eb1069..469bf2a3b505e265d5e2681cff78d43f37f53a72 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 static void synchronize_rcu_tasks_generic(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
 {
 	/* Complain if the scheduler has not started.  */
-	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE,
+	WARN_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE,
 			 "synchronize_rcu_tasks called too soon");
 
 	// If the grace-period kthread is running, use it.