diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
index b459da70b4fc..8d342d57cdaf 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -83,13 +83,19 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
  * Various other use cases may of course be specified.
  */
 
+#ifdef MODULE
+# define RCUPERF_SHUTDOWN 0
+#else
+# define RCUPERF_SHUTDOWN 1
+#endif
+
 torture_param(bool, gp_async, false, "Use asynchronous GP wait primitives");
 torture_param(int, gp_async_max, 1000, "Max # outstanding waits per reader");
 torture_param(bool, gp_exp, false, "Use expedited GP wait primitives");
 torture_param(int, holdoff, 10, "Holdoff time before test start (s)");
 torture_param(int, nreaders, -1, "Number of RCU reader threads");
 torture_param(int, nwriters, -1, "Number of RCU updater threads");
-torture_param(bool, shutdown, !IS_ENABLED(MODULE),
+torture_param(bool, shutdown, RCUPERF_SHUTDOWN,
 	      "Shutdown at end of performance tests.");
 torture_param(int, verbose, 1, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
 torture_param(int, writer_holdoff, 0, "Holdoff (us) between GPs, zero to disable");