diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index f92a10b5e112..39eb44564058 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ enum tick_dep_bits {
 	TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER	= 0,
 	TICK_DEP_BIT_PERF_EVENTS	= 1,
 	TICK_DEP_BIT_SCHED		= 2,
-	TICK_DEP_BIT_CLOCK_UNSTABLE	= 3
+	TICK_DEP_BIT_CLOCK_UNSTABLE	= 3,
+	TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU		= 4
 };
 
 #define TICK_DEP_MASK_NONE		0
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ enum tick_dep_bits {
 #define TICK_DEP_MASK_PERF_EVENTS	(1 << TICK_DEP_BIT_PERF_EVENTS)
 #define TICK_DEP_MASK_SCHED		(1 << TICK_DEP_BIT_SCHED)
 #define TICK_DEP_MASK_CLOCK_UNSTABLE	(1 << TICK_DEP_BIT_CLOCK_UNSTABLE)
+#define TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU		(1 << TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
 extern bool tick_nohz_enabled;
@@ -268,6 +270,9 @@ static inline bool tick_nohz_full_enabled(void) { return false; }
 static inline bool tick_nohz_full_cpu(int cpu) { return false; }
 static inline void tick_nohz_full_add_cpus_to(struct cpumask *mask) { }
 
+static inline void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+
 static inline void tick_dep_set(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
diff --git a/include/trace/events/timer.h b/include/trace/events/timer.h
index b7a904825e7d..295517f109d7 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/timer.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/timer.h
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(itimer_expire,
 		tick_dep_name(POSIX_TIMER)		\
 		tick_dep_name(PERF_EVENTS)		\
 		tick_dep_name(SCHED)			\
-		tick_dep_name_end(CLOCK_UNSTABLE)
+		tick_dep_name(CLOCK_UNSTABLE)		\
+		tick_dep_name_end(RCU)
 
 #undef tick_dep_name
 #undef tick_dep_mask_name
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 955851748dc3..d1b0a84b6112 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ static bool check_tick_dependency(atomic_t *dep)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU) {
+		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU);
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -324,6 +329,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 		preempt_enable();
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu);
 
 void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
@@ -331,6 +337,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 
 	atomic_andnot(BIT(bit), &ts->tick_dep_mask);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu);
 
 /*
  * Set a per-task tick dependency. Posix CPU timers need this in order to elapse