diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index ed204b3f4b84..ad27880dd690 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 		// Call srcu_barrier() before this cleanup_srcu_struct()
 		// to avoid triggering this WARN_ON().
 		if (WARN_ON(timer_delete_sync(&sdp->delay_work) &&
-			    rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist)) &&
+			    !rcu_segcblist_empty(&sdp->srcu_cblist)) &&
 		    rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(sdp->cpu))
 			queue_work_on(sdp->cpu, rcu_gp_wq, &sdp->work);
 		flush_work(&sdp->work);