diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index be2301238a23..a4b4762442bb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3873,7 +3873,7 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
 
 	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) {
-		rdp = this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
+		rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
 		rnp = rdp->mynode;
 		mask = rdp->grpmask;
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);