diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 14994d4e1a54..33eb4620aa17 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -211,43 +211,6 @@ static inline void debug_rcu_head_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 	debug_object_free(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
 }
 
-/*
- * fixup_init is called when:
- * - an active object is initialized
- */
-static int rcuhead_fixup_init(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
-{
-	struct rcu_head *head = addr;
-
-	switch (state) {
-	case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
-		/*
-		 * Ensure that queued callbacks are all executed.
-		 * If we detect that we are nested in a RCU read-side critical
-		 * section, we should simply fail, otherwise we would deadlock.
-		 * In !PREEMPT configurations, there is no way to tell if we are
-		 * in a RCU read-side critical section or not, so we never
-		 * attempt any fixup and just print a warning.
-		 */
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-		return 0;
-#endif
-		if (rcu_preempt_depth() != 0 || preempt_count() != 0 ||
-		    irqs_disabled()) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		rcu_barrier();
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-		rcu_barrier_bh();
-		debug_object_init(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
-		return 1;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * fixup_activate is called when:
  * - an active object is activated
@@ -268,69 +231,8 @@ static int rcuhead_fixup_activate(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
 		debug_object_init(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
 		debug_object_activate(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
 		return 0;
-
-	case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
-		/*
-		 * Ensure that queued callbacks are all executed.
-		 * If we detect that we are nested in a RCU read-side critical
-		 * section, we should simply fail, otherwise we would deadlock.
-		 * In !PREEMPT configurations, there is no way to tell if we are
-		 * in a RCU read-side critical section or not, so we never
-		 * attempt any fixup and just print a warning.
-		 */
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-		return 0;
-#endif
-		if (rcu_preempt_depth() != 0 || preempt_count() != 0 ||
-		    irqs_disabled()) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		rcu_barrier();
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-		rcu_barrier_bh();
-		debug_object_activate(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
-		return 1;
 	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * fixup_free is called when:
- * - an active object is freed
- */
-static int rcuhead_fixup_free(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
-{
-	struct rcu_head *head = addr;
-
-	switch (state) {
-	case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
-		/*
-		 * Ensure that queued callbacks are all executed.
-		 * If we detect that we are nested in a RCU read-side critical
-		 * section, we should simply fail, otherwise we would deadlock.
-		 * In !PREEMPT configurations, there is no way to tell if we are
-		 * in a RCU read-side critical section or not, so we never
-		 * attempt any fixup and just print a warning.
-		 */
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-		return 0;
-#endif
-		if (rcu_preempt_depth() != 0 || preempt_count() != 0 ||
-		    irqs_disabled()) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		rcu_barrier();
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-		rcu_barrier_bh();
-		debug_object_free(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
 		return 1;
-	default:
-		return 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -369,9 +271,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(destroy_rcu_head_on_stack);
 
 struct debug_obj_descr rcuhead_debug_descr = {
 	.name = "rcu_head",
-	.fixup_init = rcuhead_fixup_init,
 	.fixup_activate = rcuhead_fixup_activate,
-	.fixup_free = rcuhead_fixup_free,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcuhead_debug_descr);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD */