diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 223b734abccd..96e6d56acd50 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -781,19 +781,6 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
 
 endchoice
 
-config RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT
-	bool
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time,
-	  as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot.
-	  The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from
-	  rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked
-	  at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before
-	  init is exec'ed.
-
-	  Accept the default if unsure.
-
 endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
 
 config BUILD_BIN2C
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 4f6db7e6a117..9e03db9ea9c0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ bool rcu_gp_is_normal(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_gp_is_normal);
 
-static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting =
-	ATOMIC_INIT(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT) ? 1 : 0);
+static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
 
 /*
  * Should normal grace-period primitives be expedited?  Intended for
@@ -182,8 +181,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_unexpedite_gp);
  */
 void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT))
-		rcu_unexpedite_gp();
+	rcu_unexpedite_gp();
 	if (rcu_normal_after_boot)
 		WRITE_ONCE(rcu_normal, 1);
 }