diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index 2c7e801ab20b..6a3997f98dfb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void pte_free_rcu_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 
 static void pte_free_submit(struct pte_freelist_batch *batch)
 {
-	call_rcu(&batch->rcu, pte_free_rcu_callback);
+	call_rcu_sched(&batch->rcu, pte_free_rcu_callback);
 }
 
 void pgtable_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, void *table, unsigned shift)