diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index d882ca0cd01b..763649d345d7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 		INIT_WORK(&rnp->rew.rew_work, sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus);
-		preempt_disable();
 		cpu = find_next_bit(&rnp->ffmask, BITS_PER_LONG, -1);
 		/* If all offline, queue the work on an unbound CPU. */
 		if (unlikely(cpu > rnp->grphi - rnp->grplo))
@@ -456,7 +455,6 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
 		else
 			cpu += rnp->grplo;
 		queue_work_on(cpu, rcu_par_gp_wq, &rnp->rew.rew_work);
-		preempt_enable();
 		rnp->exp_need_flush = true;
 	}