diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 2796084ef85a..454b516ea566 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static void sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup(int cpu)
 	my_cpu = get_cpu();
 	/* Quiescent state either not needed or already requested, leave. */
 	if (!(READ_ONCE(rnp->expmask) & rdp->grpmask) ||
-	    __this_cpu_read(rcu_data.cpu_no_qs.b.exp)) {
+	    rdp->cpu_no_qs.b.exp) {
 		put_cpu();
 		return;
 	}