diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index 426409e0d071..987220ac4cfe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ void cpu_die_early(void)
 
 	/* Mark this CPU absent */
 	set_cpu_present(cpu, 0);
+	rcu_report_dead(cpu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	update_cpu_boot_status(CPU_KILL_ME);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 62e59596a30a..1b1d2b09efa9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3157,7 +3157,6 @@ 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.
@@ -3197,6 +3196,7 @@ void rcu_report_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_started, cpu) = 0;
 }
 
+#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