diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1dca14cf66f9..da05afc53493 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2394,8 +2394,12 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	div = READ_ONCE(rcu_divisor);
 	div = div < 0 ? 7 : div > sizeof(long) * 8 - 2 ? sizeof(long) * 8 - 2 : div;
 	bl = max(rdp->blimit, pending >> div);
-	if (unlikely(bl > 100))
-		tlimit = local_clock() + rcu_resched_ns;
+	if (unlikely(bl > 100)) {
+		long rrn = READ_ONCE(rcu_resched_ns);
+
+		rrn = rrn < NSEC_PER_MSEC ? NSEC_PER_MSEC : rrn > NSEC_PER_SEC ? NSEC_PER_SEC : rrn;
+		tlimit = local_clock() + rrn;
+	}
 	trace_rcu_batch_start(rcu_state.name,
 			      rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist), bl);
 	rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs(&rdp->cblist, &rcl);