diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 03abf883a281..aa86de01aab6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -374,11 +374,18 @@ static inline int debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled(void)
  * RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN - emit lockdep splat if specified condition is met
  * @c: condition to check
  * @s: informative message
+ *
+ * This checks debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() before checking (c) to
+ * prevent early boot splats due to lockdep not yet being initialized,
+ * and rechecks it after checking (c) to prevent false-positive splats
+ * due to races with lockdep being disabled.  See commit 3066820034b5dd
+ * ("rcu: Reject RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() false positives") for more detail.
  */
 #define RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(c, s)						\
 	do {								\
 		static bool __section(".data.unlikely") __warned;	\
-		if ((c) && debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !__warned) {	\
+		if (debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && (c) &&		\
+		    debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !__warned) {		\
 			__warned = true;				\
 			lockdep_rcu_suspicious(__FILE__, __LINE__, s);	\
 		}							\