diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8cf6a6fef79658..583cc29080764e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4595,11 +4595,15 @@ void rcutree_migrate_callbacks(int cpu)
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
 	bool needwake;
 
-	if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp) ||
-	    rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist))
-		return;  /* No callbacks to migrate. */
+	if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp))
+		return;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
+	if (rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist)) {
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
+		return;  /* No callbacks to migrate. */
+	}
+
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_rdp_cpu_online(rdp));
 	rcu_barrier_entrain(rdp);
 	my_rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);