diff --git a/include/trace/events/rcu.h b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
index 9b56f37148cf..e335e7d8c6c2 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rcu.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
@@ -660,18 +660,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rcu_torture_read,
 /*
  * Tracepoint for _rcu_barrier() execution.  The string "s" describes
  * the _rcu_barrier phase:
- *	"Begin": rcu_barrier_callback() started.
- *	"Check": rcu_barrier_callback() checking for piggybacking.
- *	"EarlyExit": rcu_barrier_callback() piggybacked, thus early exit.
- *	"Inc1": rcu_barrier_callback() piggyback check counter incremented.
- *	"Offline": rcu_barrier_callback() found offline CPU
- *	"OnlineNoCB": rcu_barrier_callback() found online no-CBs CPU.
- *	"OnlineQ": rcu_barrier_callback() found online CPU with callbacks.
- *	"OnlineNQ": rcu_barrier_callback() found online CPU, no callbacks.
+ *	"Begin": _rcu_barrier() started.
+ *	"Check": _rcu_barrier() checking for piggybacking.
+ *	"EarlyExit": _rcu_barrier() piggybacked, thus early exit.
+ *	"Inc1": _rcu_barrier() piggyback check counter incremented.
+ *	"OfflineNoCB": _rcu_barrier() found callback on never-online CPU
+ *	"OnlineNoCB": _rcu_barrier() found online no-CBs CPU.
+ *	"OnlineQ": _rcu_barrier() found online CPU with callbacks.
+ *	"OnlineNQ": _rcu_barrier() found online CPU, no callbacks.
  *	"IRQ": An rcu_barrier_callback() callback posted on remote CPU.
  *	"CB": An rcu_barrier_callback() invoked a callback, not the last.
  *	"LastCB": An rcu_barrier_callback() invoked the last callback.
- *	"Inc2": rcu_barrier_callback() piggyback check counter incremented.
+ *	"Inc2": _rcu_barrier() piggyback check counter incremented.
  * The "cpu" argument is the CPU or -1 if meaningless, the "cnt" argument
  * is the count of remaining callbacks, and "done" is the piggybacking count.
  */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 133e47223095..9815447d22e0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3299,11 +3299,16 @@ static void _rcu_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 			continue;
 		rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
 		if (rcu_is_nocb_cpu(cpu)) {
-			_rcu_barrier_trace(rsp, "OnlineNoCB", cpu,
-					   rsp->n_barrier_done);
-			atomic_inc(&rsp->barrier_cpu_count);
-			__call_rcu(&rdp->barrier_head, rcu_barrier_callback,
-				   rsp, cpu, 0);
+			if (!rcu_nocb_cpu_needs_barrier(rsp, cpu)) {
+				_rcu_barrier_trace(rsp, "OfflineNoCB", cpu,
+						   rsp->n_barrier_done);
+			} else {
+				_rcu_barrier_trace(rsp, "OnlineNoCB", cpu,
+						   rsp->n_barrier_done);
+				atomic_inc(&rsp->barrier_cpu_count);
+				__call_rcu(&rdp->barrier_head,
+					   rcu_barrier_callback, rsp, cpu, 0);
+			}
 		} else if (ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->qlen)) {
 			_rcu_barrier_trace(rsp, "OnlineQ", cpu,
 					   rsp->n_barrier_done);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index d03764652d91..bbdc45d8d74f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ static void print_cpu_stall_info(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu);
 static void print_cpu_stall_info_end(void);
 static void zero_cpu_stall_ticks(struct rcu_data *rdp);
 static void increment_cpu_stall_ticks(void);
+static bool rcu_nocb_cpu_needs_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu);
 static void rcu_nocb_gp_set(struct rcu_node *rnp, int nrq);
 static void rcu_nocb_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static void rcu_init_one_nocb(struct rcu_node *rnp);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 387dd4599344..c1d7f27bd38f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2049,6 +2049,33 @@ static void wake_nocb_leader(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool force)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Does the specified CPU need an RCU callback for the specified flavor
+ * of rcu_barrier()?
+ */
+static bool rcu_nocb_cpu_needs_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu)
+{
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
+	struct rcu_head *rhp;
+
+	/* No-CBs CPUs might have callbacks on any of three lists. */
+	rhp = ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_head);
+	if (!rhp)
+		rhp = ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_gp_head);
+	if (!rhp)
+		rhp = ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_follower_head);
+
+	/* Having no rcuo kthread but CBs after scheduler starts is bad! */
+	if (!ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_kthread) && rhp) {
+		/* RCU callback enqueued before CPU first came online??? */
+		pr_err("RCU: Never-onlined no-CBs CPU %d has CB %p\n",
+		       cpu, rhp->func);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+	}
+
+	return !!rhp;
+}
+
 /*
  * Enqueue the specified string of rcu_head structures onto the specified
  * CPU's no-CBs lists.  The CPU is specified by rdp, the head of the
@@ -2642,6 +2669,12 @@ static bool init_nocb_callback_list(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
 
+static bool rcu_nocb_cpu_needs_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(1); /* Should be dead code. */
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void rcu_nocb_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }