diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index f491ab4f2e8e..3a0dc30100e8 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
 static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
-static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 84fbee4686d3..6c5df18bbf2f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -685,15 +685,6 @@ static void rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(void)
 		t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs = true;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
-
-static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
-{
-	rcu_do_batch(rcu_state_p, this_cpu_ptr(rcu_data_p));
-}
-
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-
 /**
  * call_rcu() - Queue an RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
  * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
@@ -1140,7 +1131,7 @@ static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
 {
 	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_sched_state, this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_sched_data));
 	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_bh_state, this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_bh_data));
-	rcu_preempt_do_callbacks();
+	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_preempt_state, this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_preempt_data));
 }
 
 static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu)