diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
index 426a472e7308..9a0f66133b4b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
@@ -381,8 +381,6 @@ void rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp,
 		return; /* Nothing to do. */
 	WRITE_ONCE(*rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL], rclp->head);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rsclp->tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL], rclp->tail);
-	rclp->head = NULL;
-	rclp->tail = &rclp->head;
 }
 
 /*