diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0e9ce1272971..991fa5c5dc5e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(long long oldval, bool user)
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 
 	trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("Start"), oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
-	if (!user && !is_idle_task(current)) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+	    !user && !is_idle_task(current)) {
 		struct task_struct *idle __maybe_unused =
 			idle_task(smp_processor_id());
 
@@ -639,7 +640,8 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(long long oldval, bool user)
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();  /* See above. */
 	atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();  /* Force ordering with next sojourn. */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+		     atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1);
 	rcu_dynticks_task_enter();
 
 	/*
@@ -665,7 +667,8 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
 
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE((oldval & DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK) == 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+		     (oldval & DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK) == 0);
 	if ((oldval & DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK) == DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE) {
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 0;
 		rcu_eqs_enter_common(oldval, user);
@@ -738,7 +741,8 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting--;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting < 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+		     rdtp->dynticks_nesting < 0);
 	if (rdtp->dynticks_nesting)
 		trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("--="), oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	else
@@ -763,10 +767,12 @@ static void rcu_eqs_exit_common(long long oldval, int user)
 	atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks);
 	/* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see later RCU read-side crit sects */
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();  /* See above. */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+		     !(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1));
 	rcu_cleanup_after_idle();
 	trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("End"), oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
-	if (!user && !is_idle_task(current)) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+	    !user && !is_idle_task(current)) {
 		struct task_struct *idle __maybe_unused =
 			idle_task(smp_processor_id());
 
@@ -790,7 +796,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
 
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(oldval < 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && oldval < 0);
 	if (oldval & DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK) {
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting += DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE;
 	} else {
@@ -863,7 +869,8 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting++;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting == 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
+		     rdtp->dynticks_nesting == 0);
 	if (oldval)
 		trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("++="), oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	else
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c4e1cf04cf57..b908048f8d6a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1373,6 +1373,17 @@ config RCU_TRACE
 	  Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
 
+config RCU_EQS_DEBUG
+	bool "Use this when adding any sort of NO_HZ support to your arch"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  This option provides consistency checks in RCU's handling of
+	  NO_HZ.  These checks have proven quite helpful in detecting
+	  bugs in arch-specific NO_HZ code.
+
+	  Say N here if you need ultimate kernel/user switch latencies
+	  Say Y if you are unsure
+
 endmenu # "RCU Debugging"
 
 config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT