diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index ec14c017c0e3..03810a58fdd0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2699,7 +2699,6 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = raw_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-	const bool offloaded = rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
 	const bool do_batch = !rcu_segcblist_completely_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
 
 	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
@@ -2720,11 +2719,11 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 
 	/* No grace period and unregistered callbacks? */
 	if (!rcu_gp_in_progress() &&
-	    rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist) && !offloaded) {
-		local_irq_save(flags);
+	    rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist) && do_batch) {
+		rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
 		if (!rcu_segcblist_restempty(&rdp->cblist, RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL))
 			rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked(rnp, rdp);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
 	}
 
 	rcu_check_gp_start_stall(rnp, rdp, rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check());