diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 36a860c4648b..88f4fa639964 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,15 @@ static void rcu_gp_torture_wait(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handler for on_each_cpu() to invoke the target CPU's RCU core
+ * processing.
+ */
+static void rcu_strict_gp_boundary(void *unused)
+{
+	invoke_rcu_core();
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialize a new grace period.  Return false if no grace period required.
  */
@@ -1823,6 +1832,10 @@ static bool rcu_gp_init(void)
 		WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_activity, jiffies);
 	}
 
+	// If strict, make all CPUs aware of new grace period.
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD))
+		on_each_cpu(rcu_strict_gp_boundary, NULL, 0);
+
 	return true;
 }