diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 8fdf07672038..929dcbc04d29 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -1100,10 +1100,37 @@ static unsigned long srcu_gp_start_if_needed(struct srcu_struct *ssp,
 	spin_lock_irqsave_sdp_contention(sdp, &flags);
 	if (rhp)
 		rcu_segcblist_enqueue(&sdp->srcu_cblist, rhp);
+	/*
+	 * The snapshot for acceleration must be taken _before_ the read of the
+	 * current gp sequence used for advancing, otherwise advancing may fail
+	 * and acceleration may then fail too.
+	 *
+	 * This could happen if:
+	 *
+	 *  1) The RCU_WAIT_TAIL segment has callbacks (gp_num = X + 4) and the
+	 *     RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL also has callbacks (gp_num = X + 8).
+	 *
+	 *  2) The grace period for RCU_WAIT_TAIL is seen as started but not
+	 *     completed so rcu_seq_current() returns X + SRCU_STATE_SCAN1.
+	 *
+	 *  3) This value is passed to rcu_segcblist_advance() which can't move
+	 *     any segment forward and fails.
+	 *
+	 *  4) srcu_gp_start_if_needed() still proceeds with callback acceleration.
+	 *     But then the call to rcu_seq_snap() observes the grace period for the
+	 *     RCU_WAIT_TAIL segment as completed and the subsequent one for the
+	 *     RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL segment as started (ie: X + 4 + SRCU_STATE_SCAN1)
+	 *     so it returns a snapshot of the next grace period, which is X + 12.
+	 *
+	 *  5) The value of X + 12 is passed to rcu_segcblist_accelerate() but the
+	 *     freshly enqueued callback in RCU_NEXT_TAIL can't move to
+	 *     RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL which already has callbacks for a previous grace
+	 *     period (gp_num = X + 8). So acceleration fails.
+	 */
+	s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
 	rcu_segcblist_advance(&sdp->srcu_cblist,
 			      rcu_seq_current(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq));
-	s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
-	(void)rcu_segcblist_accelerate(&sdp->srcu_cblist, s);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_segcblist_accelerate(&sdp->srcu_cblist, s) && rhp);
 	if (ULONG_CMP_LT(sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed, s)) {
 		sdp->srcu_gp_seq_needed = s;
 		needgp = true;