diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ac5386937d376e3d964b099f665f43ab4cf49f84..fd2d4fb517ca5abc34774ceca9b94900aad9c6b3 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ config RCU_FANOUT
 	int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value"
 	range 2 64 if 64BIT
 	range 2 32 if !64BIT
-	depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU
+	depends on (TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU) && RCU_EXPERT
 	default 64 if 64BIT
 	default 32 if !64BIT
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1bc14c670641498b91a7419f81ea4c96f4d9e919..ba3f8d59d948f7f4bfc64dee5d5c05b5a0f9e530 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3971,7 +3971,7 @@ static void __init rcu_init_levelspread(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	if (rcu_fanout_exact) {
 		rsp->levelspread[rcu_num_lvls - 1] = rcu_fanout_leaf;
 		for (i = rcu_num_lvls - 2; i >= 0; i--)
-			rsp->levelspread[i] = CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT;
+			rsp->levelspread[i] = RCU_FANOUT;
 	} else {
 		int ccur;
 		int cprv;
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ static void __init rcu_init_geometry(void)
 	rcu_capacity[0] = 1;
 	rcu_capacity[1] = rcu_fanout_leaf;
 	for (i = 2; i <= MAX_RCU_LVLS; i++)
-		rcu_capacity[i] = rcu_capacity[i - 1] * CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT;
+		rcu_capacity[i] = rcu_capacity[i - 1] * RCU_FANOUT;
 
 	/*
 	 * The boot-time rcu_fanout_leaf parameter is only permitted
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index a69d3dab2ec4dbf9dc8c412813c84c27363f9378..ac3020fff028900319681221dc4e5fa56cf49778 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -35,11 +35,23 @@
  * In practice, this did work well going from three levels to four.
  * Of course, your mileage may vary.
  */
+
 #define MAX_RCU_LVLS 4
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT
+#define RCU_FANOUT CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT */
+# ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+# define RCU_FANOUT 64
+# else
+# define RCU_FANOUT 32
+# endif
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT */
+
 #define RCU_FANOUT_1	      (CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF)
-#define RCU_FANOUT_2	      (RCU_FANOUT_1 * CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT)
-#define RCU_FANOUT_3	      (RCU_FANOUT_2 * CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT)
-#define RCU_FANOUT_4	      (RCU_FANOUT_3 * CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT)
+#define RCU_FANOUT_2	      (RCU_FANOUT_1 * RCU_FANOUT)
+#define RCU_FANOUT_3	      (RCU_FANOUT_2 * RCU_FANOUT)
+#define RCU_FANOUT_4	      (RCU_FANOUT_3 * RCU_FANOUT)
 
 #if NR_CPUS <= RCU_FANOUT_1
 #  define RCU_NUM_LVLS	      1
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index eb460ec747ef0d8d54eb4295f82480b04d81c24f..d7e505970f247f5430ee34c8e3e9a29762f3284e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_TRACE))
 		pr_info("\tRCU debugfs-based tracing is enabled.\n");
-	if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT != 64) ||
-	    (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT != 32))
+	if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && RCU_FANOUT != 64) ||
+	    (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && RCU_FANOUT != 32))
 		pr_info("\tCONFIG_RCU_FANOUT set to non-default value of %d\n",
-		       CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT);
+		       RCU_FANOUT);
 	if (rcu_fanout_exact)
 		pr_info("\tHierarchical RCU autobalancing is disabled.\n");
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ))