diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index ef8d36f580fc..a8d1fe35f482 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2714,7 +2714,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rdp->beenonline);
 
 	/* Report any deferred quiescent states if preemption enabled. */
-	if (!(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_MASK)) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT) && (!(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_MASK))) {
 		rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current);
 	} else if (rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs(current)) {
 		set_tsk_need_resched(current);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index e1a9fb96e0b9..8fb1612021a0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -927,7 +927,18 @@ static bool rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	return false;
 }
-static void rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t) { }
+
+// Except that we do need to respond to a request by an expedited grace
+// period for a quiescent state from this CPU.  Note that requests from
+// tasks are handled when removing the task from the blocked-tasks list
+// below.
+static void rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
+
+	if (rdp->cpu_no_qs.b.exp)
+		rcu_report_exp_rdp(rdp);
+}
 
 /*
  * Because there is no preemptible RCU, there can be no readers blocked,