diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index bd04b09b84b32..655ade095e043 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ void __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(void)
 {
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
 
-	 // Enabling the tick is unsafe in NMI handlers.
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi()))
+	// If we're here from NMI there's nothing to do.
+	if (in_nmi())
 		return;
 
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs(),