diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 48e5c03df1dd..acb0095b4dbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static inline void call_rcu_hurry(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 
 /* Internal to kernel */
 void rcu_init(void);
+void __init kvfree_rcu_init(void);
 extern int rcu_scheduler_active;
 void rcu_sched_clock_irq(int user);
 
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 00fac1170294..893cb77aef22 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ void start_kernel(void)
 	workqueue_init_early();
 
 	rcu_init();
+	kvfree_rcu_init();
 
 	/* Trace events are available after this */
 	trace_init();
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index ff98233d4aa5..e69b867de8ef 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -5648,7 +5648,7 @@ static void __init rcu_dump_rcu_node_tree(void)
 
 struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq;
 
-static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void)
+void __init kvfree_rcu_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 	int i, j;
@@ -5703,7 +5703,6 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 
 	rcu_early_boot_tests();
 
-	kfree_rcu_batch_init();
 	rcu_bootup_announce();
 	sanitize_kthread_prio();
 	rcu_init_geometry();