diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index db1a9fdaeab8..e37bd561c26f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2796,6 +2796,10 @@ static int __rcu_pending(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	/* Check for CPU stalls, if enabled. */
 	check_cpu_stall(rsp, rdp);
 
+	/* Is this CPU a NO_HZ_FULL CPU that should ignore RCU? */
+	if (rcu_nohz_full_cpu(rsp))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Is the RCU core waiting for a quiescent state from this CPU? */
 	if (rcu_scheduler_fully_active &&
 	    rdp->qs_pending && !rdp->passed_quiesce) {
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index a87adfc2916b..8c19873f1ac9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
 				  unsigned long maxj);
 static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void);
 static void rcu_sysidle_init_percpu_data(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp);
+static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE */
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index fa7a18b62253..e0885cb6c599 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2872,3 +2872,23 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_init_percpu_data(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp)
 }
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
+
+/*
+ * Is this CPU a NO_HZ_FULL CPU that should ignore RCU so that the
+ * grace-period kthread will do force_quiescent_state() processing?
+ * The idea is to avoid waking up RCU core processing on such a
+ * CPU unless the grace period has extended for too long.
+ *
+ * This code relies on the fact that all NO_HZ_FULL CPUs are also
+ * CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPUs.
+ */
+static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()) &&
+	    (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp) ||
+	     ULONG_CMP_LT(jiffies, ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_start) + HZ)))
+		return 1;
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
+	return 0;
+}