diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index 7ecb458eb3da..4daee6d761c8 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task __aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES) = {
 	.rcu_tasks_holdout = false,
 	.rcu_tasks_holdout_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.rcu_tasks_holdout_list),
 	.rcu_tasks_idle_cpu = -1,
+	.rcu_tasks_exit_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.rcu_tasks_exit_list),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 	.trc_reader_nesting = 0,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0d944e92a43f..af7203be1d2d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1976,6 +1976,7 @@ static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
 	p->rcu_tasks_holdout = false;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->rcu_tasks_holdout_list);
 	p->rcu_tasks_idle_cpu = -1;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->rcu_tasks_exit_list);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 	p->trc_reader_nesting = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 6961a1b5b783..edd14fee48c5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ static void cblist_init_generic(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
 		rtpcp->rtpp = rtp;
 		if (!rtpcp->rtp_blkd_tasks.next)
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtpcp->rtp_blkd_tasks);
+		if (!rtpcp->rtp_exit_list.next)
+			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtpcp->rtp_exit_list);
 	}
 
 	pr_info("%s: Setting shift to %d and lim to %d rcu_task_cb_adjust=%d.\n", rtp->name,