diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index b41009a283ca..b10d6bcea77d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3393,15 +3393,16 @@ static void fill_page_cache_func(struct work_struct *work)
 		bnode = (struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data *)
 			__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 
-		if (bnode) {
-			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
-			pushed = put_cached_bnode(krcp, bnode);
-			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		if (!bnode)
+			break;
 
-			if (!pushed) {
-				free_page((unsigned long) bnode);
-				break;
-			}
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		pushed = put_cached_bnode(krcp, bnode);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+
+		if (!pushed) {
+			free_page((unsigned long) bnode);
+			break;
 		}
 	}