diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0132bc6152dd..183b9cf33f50 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ static bool rcu_start_this_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp_start, struct rcu_data *rdp,
 		trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, rdp, gp_seq_req, TPS("NoGPkthread"));
 		goto unlock_out;
 	}
-	trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("newreq"));
+	trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, data_race(rcu_state.gp_seq), TPS("newreq"));
 	ret = true;  /* Caller must wake GP kthread. */
 unlock_out:
 	/* Push furthest requested GP to leaf node and rcu_data structure. */
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ static bool rcu_gp_init(void)
 	record_gp_stall_check_time();
 	/* Record GP times before starting GP, hence rcu_seq_start(). */
 	rcu_seq_start(&rcu_state.gp_seq);
+	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(rcu_state.gp_seq);
 	trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("start"));
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(rnp);
 
@@ -1805,6 +1806,7 @@ static void rcu_gp_cleanup(void)
 	/* Declare grace period done, trace first to use old GP number. */
 	trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("end"));
 	rcu_seq_end(&rcu_state.gp_seq);
+	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(rcu_state.gp_seq);
 	rcu_state.gp_state = RCU_GP_IDLE;
 	/* Check for GP requests since above loop. */
 	rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);