diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 16865475120b..2605dd234a13 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -891,7 +891,18 @@ static void nocb_cb_wait(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	swait_event_interruptible_exclusive(rdp->nocb_cb_wq,
 					    nocb_cb_wait_cond(rdp));
 	if (kthread_should_park()) {
-		kthread_parkme();
+		/*
+		 * kthread_park() must be preceded by an rcu_barrier().
+		 * But yet another rcu_barrier() might have sneaked in between
+		 * the barrier callback execution and the callbacks counter
+		 * decrement.
+		 */
+		if (rdp->nocb_cb_sleep) {
+			rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist));
+			rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
+			kthread_parkme();
+		}
 	} else if (READ_ONCE(rdp->nocb_cb_sleep)) {
 		WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
 		trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu, TPS("WokeEmpty"));