diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index a701001e8b32..0a8824bbfa37 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -560,8 +560,9 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 static void synchronize_rcu_tasks_generic(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
 {
 	/* Complain if the scheduler has not started.  */
-	WARN_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE,
-			 "synchronize_rcu_tasks called too soon");
+	if (WARN_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE,
+			 "synchronize_%s() called too soon", rtp->name))
+		return;
 
 	// If the grace-period kthread is running, use it.
 	if (READ_ONCE(rtp->kthread_ptr)) {
@@ -1064,9 +1065,6 @@ static void rcu_tasks_be_rude(struct work_struct *work)
 // Wait for one rude RCU-tasks grace period.
 static void rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
 {
-	if (num_online_cpus() <= 1)
-		return;	// Fastpath for only one CPU.
-
 	rtp->n_ipis += cpumask_weight(cpu_online_mask);
 	schedule_on_each_cpu(rcu_tasks_be_rude);
 }