diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 8df115600c2d..bd5d5c8e5140 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_barrier_cpu_hotplug(struct notifier_block *self,
 		call_rcu_bh(rcu_migrate_head, rcu_migrate_callback);
 		call_rcu_sched(rcu_migrate_head + 1, rcu_migrate_callback);
 		call_rcu(rcu_migrate_head + 2, rcu_migrate_callback);
-	} else if (action == CPU_POST_DEAD) {
+	} else if (action == CPU_DOWN_PREPARE) {
+		/* Don't need to wait until next removal operation. */
 		/* rcu_migrate_head is protected by cpu_add_remove_lock */
 		wait_migrated_callbacks();
 	}