diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
index e01cba5e4b5290..fcf95d1eec69ab 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ static inline void rcu_init_levelspread(int *levelspread, const int *levelcnt)
 	}
 }
 
+extern void rcu_init_geometry(void);
+
 /* Returns a pointer to the first leaf rcu_node structure. */
 #define rcu_first_leaf_node() (rcu_state.level[rcu_num_lvls - 1])
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index c13348ee80a5a2..68ceac3878445d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static void init_srcu_struct_nodes(struct srcu_struct *ssp, bool is_static)
 	struct srcu_node *snp;
 	struct srcu_node *snp_first;
 
+	/* Initialize geometry if it has not already been initialized. */
+	rcu_init_geometry();
+
 	/* Work out the overall tree geometry. */
 	ssp->level[0] = &ssp->node[0];
 	for (i = 1; i < rcu_num_lvls; i++)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 45b60e99746104..8c3ba0185082db 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4383,11 +4383,25 @@ static void __init rcu_init_one(void)
  * replace the definitions in tree.h because those are needed to size
  * the ->node array in the rcu_state structure.
  */
-static void __init rcu_init_geometry(void)
+void rcu_init_geometry(void)
 {
 	ulong d;
 	int i;
+	static unsigned long old_nr_cpu_ids;
 	int rcu_capacity[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
+	static bool initialized;
+
+	if (initialized) {
+		/*
+		 * Warn if setup_nr_cpu_ids() had not yet been invoked,
+		 * unless nr_cpus_ids == NR_CPUS, in which case who cares?
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(old_nr_cpu_ids != nr_cpu_ids);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	old_nr_cpu_ids = nr_cpu_ids;
+	initialized = true;
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize any unspecified boot parameters.