diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d592685bd2e9..8fb76822ea92 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1f288094807861ec1e48c428d2c49ccf7aaf3767
+refs/heads/master: 1eb521210a8c9823038abe4ddfe8c69e713ec17d
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/trunk/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 7b850cdc0aee..970329853dc5 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -1291,11 +1291,9 @@ static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
-	if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-		return;
-	}
-	wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
+	if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) != NULL &&
+	    current != __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task))
+		wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }