diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index 09c96f57818c..18e9727d3f64 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ void cpu_die_early(void)
 
 	/* Mark this CPU absent */
 	set_cpu_present(cpu, 0);
+	rcu_report_dead(cpu);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)) {
 		update_cpu_boot_status(CPU_KILL_ME);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 06895ef85d69..946e7c0c4cf7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4077,7 +4077,6 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 	smp_mb(); /* Ensure RCU read-side usage follows above initialization. */
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /*
  * The outgoing function has no further need of RCU, so remove it from
  * the rcu_node tree's ->qsmaskinitnext bit masks.
@@ -4117,6 +4116,7 @@ void rcu_report_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	rdp->cpu_started = false;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /*
  * The outgoing CPU has just passed through the dying-idle state, and we
  * are being invoked from the CPU that was IPIed to continue the offline