diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index e31fa71..c31eb28 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2679,6 +2679,10 @@
 {
 	unsigned long j;
 
+	/* If there are no nohz_full= CPUs, no need to track this. */
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	/* Adjust nesting, check for fully idle. */
 	if (irq) {
 		rdtp->dynticks_idle_nesting--;
@@ -2744,6 +2748,10 @@
  */
 static void rcu_sysidle_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq)
 {
+	/* If there are no nohz_full= CPUs, no need to track this. */
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	/* Adjust nesting, check for already non-idle. */
 	if (irq) {
 		rdtp->dynticks_idle_nesting++;
@@ -2798,6 +2806,10 @@
 	unsigned long j;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = rdp->dynticks;
 
+	/* If there are no nohz_full= CPUs, don't check system-wide idleness. */
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * If some other CPU has already reported non-idle, if this is
 	 * not the flavor of RCU that tracks sysidle state, or if this
@@ -2924,6 +2936,10 @@
 static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
 				  unsigned long maxj)
 {
+	/* If there are no nohz_full= CPUs, no need to track this. */
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	rcu_sysidle_report(rsp, isidle, maxj, true);
 }
 
@@ -2950,7 +2966,8 @@
 
 /*
  * Check to see if the system is fully idle, other than the timekeeping CPU.
- * The caller must have disabled interrupts.
+ * The caller must have disabled interrupts.  This is not intended to be
+ * called unless tick_nohz_full_enabled().
  */
 bool rcu_sys_is_idle(void)
 {