diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1efe7f4e56fa..091a0c3a4fe4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 62fde6edf12b60fddb13a3f0a779c8be0bb7447e
+refs/heads/master: a16b7a693430406dc229ab0c6b154f669a2031c5
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutree.c b/trunk/kernel/rcutree.c
index a4a9c916ad36..ceaa95923a87 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -1904,11 +1904,11 @@ __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
 	 * If called from an extended quiescent state, invoke the RCU
 	 * core in order to force a re-evaluation of RCU's idleness.
 	 */
-	if (rcu_is_cpu_idle())
+	if (rcu_is_cpu_idle() && cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
 		invoke_rcu_core();
 
-	/* If interrupts were disabled, don't dive into RCU core. */
-	if (irqs_disabled_flags(flags)) {
+	/* If interrupts were disabled or CPU offline, don't invoke RCU core. */
+	if (irqs_disabled_flags(flags) || cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) {
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 		return;
 	}