diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 61e250cdd7c9..45b60e997461 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2837,7 +2837,6 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_core_kthreads(void)
 		  "%s: Could not start rcuc kthread, OOM is now expected behavior\n", __func__);
 	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(rcu_spawn_core_kthreads);
 
 /*
  * Handle any core-RCU processing required by a call_rcu() invocation.
@@ -4273,6 +4272,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
 	wake_up_process(t);
 	rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads();
 	rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads();
+	rcu_spawn_core_kthreads();
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread);