diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index dd6c8b519691..9e83cd9a32f1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ static void rcu_report_qs_rsp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp));
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_get_root(rsp)->lock, flags);
-	wake_up(&rsp->gp_wq);  /* Memory barrier implied by wake_up() path. */
+	rcu_gp_kthread_wake(rsp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) =
 		ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) | RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp_old->lock, flags);
-	wake_up(&rsp->gp_wq);  /* Memory barrier implied by wake_up() path. */
+	rcu_gp_kthread_wake(rsp);
 }
 
 /*