diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 2719978ea018439cea6b5511f9a2f595f2d07b2d..dc52dc3b8c3e61cb0e2084fe1518435d9c93195d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ static struct lock_class_key rcu_fqs_class[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
  * the tracing userspace tools to be able to decipher the string
  * address to the matching string.
  */
-#define RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(sname, sabbr, cr) \
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
+# define DEFINE_RCU_TPS(sname) \
 static char sname##_varname[] = #sname; \
-static const char *tp_##sname##_varname __used __tracepoint_string = sname##_varname; \
+static const char *tp_##sname##_varname __used __tracepoint_string = sname##_varname;
+# define RCU_STATE_NAME(sname) sname##_varname
+#else
+# define DEFINE_RCU_TPS(sname)
+# define RCU_STATE_NAME(sname) __stringify(sname)
+#endif
+
+#define RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(sname, sabbr, cr) \
+DEFINE_RCU_TPS(sname) \
 struct rcu_state sname##_state = { \
 	.level = { &sname##_state.node[0] }, \
 	.call = cr, \
@@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ struct rcu_state sname##_state = { \
 	.orphan_donetail = &sname##_state.orphan_donelist, \
 	.barrier_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sname##_state.barrier_mutex), \
 	.onoff_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sname##_state.onoff_mutex), \
-	.name = sname##_varname, \
+	.name = RCU_STATE_NAME(sname), \
 	.abbr = sabbr, \
 }; \
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, sname##_data)