diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 95e0615f4d75..39dce83c4865 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ struct rcu_head {
 };
 
 /* Exported common interfaces */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
 extern void synchronize_rcu(void);
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
+#define synchronize_rcu synchronize_sched
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
 extern void synchronize_rcu_bh(void);
+extern void synchronize_sched(void);
 extern void rcu_barrier(void);
 extern void rcu_barrier_bh(void);
 extern void rcu_barrier_sched(void);
@@ -261,24 +266,6 @@ struct rcu_synchronize {
 
 extern void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head  *head);
 
-/**
- * synchronize_sched - block until all CPUs have exited any non-preemptive
- * kernel code sequences.
- *
- * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and
- * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed
- * before this primitive returns.  However, this does not guarantee that
- * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels, these
- * handlers can run in process context, and can block.
- *
- * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (now removed)
- * synchronize_kernel() API.  In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only
- * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed.
- * In "classic RCU", these two guarantees happen to be one and
- * the same, but can differ in realtime RCU implementations.
- */
-#define synchronize_sched() __synchronize_sched()
-
 /**
  * call_rcu - Queue an RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
  * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index a89307717825..00d08c0cbcc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static inline void __rcu_read_unlock(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+#define __synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu()
+
 static inline void exit_rcu(void)
 {
 }
@@ -68,8 +70,6 @@ static inline void __rcu_read_unlock_bh(void)
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
-#define __synchronize_sched() synchronize_rcu()
-
 extern void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head,
 			   void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu));
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index bd5d5c8e5140..28d2f24e7871 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void wakeme_after_rcu(struct rcu_head  *head)
 	complete(&rcu->completion);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
+
 /**
  * synchronize_rcu - wait until a grace period has elapsed.
  *
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
 {
 	struct rcu_synchronize rcu;
 
-	if (rcu_blocking_is_gp())
+	if (!rcu_scheduler_active)
 		return;
 
 	init_completion(&rcu.completion);
@@ -98,6 +100,46 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu);
 
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
+
+/**
+ * synchronize_sched - wait until an rcu-sched grace period has elapsed.
+ *
+ * Control will return to the caller some time after a full rcu-sched
+ * grace period has elapsed, in other words after all currently executing
+ * rcu-sched read-side critical sections have completed.   These read-side
+ * critical sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock_sched() and
+ * rcu_read_unlock_sched(), and may be nested.  Note that preempt_disable(),
+ * local_irq_disable(), and so on may be used in place of
+ * rcu_read_lock_sched().
+ *
+ * This means that all preempt_disable code sequences, including NMI and
+ * hardware-interrupt handlers, in progress on entry will have completed
+ * before this primitive returns.  However, this does not guarantee that
+ * softirq handlers will have completed, since in some kernels, these
+ * handlers can run in process context, and can block.
+ *
+ * This primitive provides the guarantees made by the (now removed)
+ * synchronize_kernel() API.  In contrast, synchronize_rcu() only
+ * guarantees that rcu_read_lock() sections will have completed.
+ * In "classic RCU", these two guarantees happen to be one and
+ * the same, but can differ in realtime RCU implementations.
+ */
+void synchronize_sched(void)
+{
+	struct rcu_synchronize rcu;
+
+	if (rcu_blocking_is_gp())
+		return;
+
+	init_completion(&rcu.completion);
+	/* Will wake me after RCU finished. */
+	call_rcu_sched(&rcu.head, wakeme_after_rcu);
+	/* Wait for it. */
+	wait_for_completion(&rcu.completion);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_sched);
+
 /**
  * synchronize_rcu_bh - wait until an rcu_bh grace period has elapsed.
  *