diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index f7bcd9e6c054..2c4ee4cdbc0e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -318,35 +318,6 @@ static struct rcu_node *rcu_get_root(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	return &rsp->node[0];
 }
 
-/*
- * If the specified CPU is offline, tell the caller that it is in
- * a quiescent state.  Otherwise, whack it with a reschedule IPI.
- * Grace periods can end up waiting on an offline CPU when that
- * CPU is in the process of coming online -- it will be added to the
- * rcu_node bitmasks before it actually makes it online.  The same thing
- * can happen while a CPU is in the process of coming online.  Because this
- * race is quite rare, we check for it after detecting that the grace
- * period has been delayed rather than checking each and every CPU
- * each and every time we start a new grace period.
- */
-static int rcu_implicit_offline_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If the CPU is offline for more than a jiffy, it is in a quiescent
-	 * state.  We can trust its state not to change because interrupts
-	 * are disabled.  The reason for the jiffy's worth of slack is to
-	 * handle CPUs initializing on the way up and finding their way
-	 * to the idle loop on the way down.
-	 */
-	if (cpu_is_offline(rdp->cpu) &&
-	    ULONG_CMP_LT(rdp->rsp->gp_start + 2, jiffies)) {
-		trace_rcu_fqs(rdp->rsp->name, rdp->gpnum, rdp->cpu, "ofl");
-		rdp->offline_fqs++;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * rcu_idle_enter_common - inform RCU that current CPU is moving towards idle
  *
@@ -675,7 +646,7 @@ static int dyntick_save_progress_counter(struct rcu_data *rdp)
  * Return true if the specified CPU has passed through a quiescent
  * state by virtue of being in or having passed through an dynticks
  * idle state since the last call to dyntick_save_progress_counter()
- * for this same CPU.
+ * for this same CPU, or by virtue of having been offline.
  */
 static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
@@ -699,8 +670,26 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	/* Go check for the CPU being offline. */
-	return rcu_implicit_offline_qs(rdp);
+	/*
+	 * Check for the CPU being offline, but only if the grace period
+	 * is old enough.  We don't need to worry about the CPU changing
+	 * state: If we see it offline even once, it has been through a
+	 * quiescent state.
+	 *
+	 * The reason for insisting that the grace period be at least
+	 * one jiffy old is that CPUs that are not quite online and that
+	 * have just gone offline can still execute RCU read-side critical
+	 * sections.
+	 */
+	if (ULONG_CMP_GE(rdp->rsp->gp_start + 2, jiffies))
+		return 0;  /* Grace period is not old enough. */
+	barrier();
+	if (cpu_is_offline(rdp->cpu)) {
+		trace_rcu_fqs(rdp->rsp->name, rdp->gpnum, rdp->cpu, "ofl");
+		rdp->offline_fqs++;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int jiffies_till_stall_check(void)