diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 50e4f7ebf8cf..c577cadcc4f8 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1900,7 +1900,6 @@ static bool rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	 * will handle subsequent offline CPUs.
 	 */
 	rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rsp, rnp) {
-		rcu_gp_slow(rsp, gp_preinit_delay);
 		spin_lock(&rsp->ofl_lock);
 		raw_spin_lock_irq_rcu_node(rnp);
 		if (rnp->qsmaskinit == rnp->qsmaskinitnext &&
@@ -1945,6 +1944,7 @@ static bool rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(rnp);
 		spin_unlock(&rsp->ofl_lock);
 	}
+	rcu_gp_slow(rsp, gp_preinit_delay); /* Races with CPU hotplug. */
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the quiescent-state-needed bits in all the rcu_node
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot
index 5d2cc0bd50a0..b79ddb9eb9e8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE03.boot
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rcutorture.onoff_interval=1 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff=30
-rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=3
+rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=12
 rcutree.gp_init_delay=3
 rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=3
 rcutree.kthread_prio=2