diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 15f976506472..80b84ae285b4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4849,6 +4849,8 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 	// Kick-start any polled grace periods that started early.
 	if (!(per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu)->mynode->exp_seq_poll_rq & 0x1))
 		(void)start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited();
+
+	rcu_test_sync_prims();
 }
 
 #include "tree_stall.h"
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index f5e6a2f95a2a..587b97c40191 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ void rcu_test_sync_prims(void)
 {
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_RCU))
 		return;
+	pr_info("Running RCU synchronous self tests\n");
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	synchronize_rcu_expedited();
 }