diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index f2f2cab6285a1..4cf9a29bba79d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -986,10 +986,7 @@ static int rdp_offload_toggle(struct rcu_data *rdp,
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_lock, flags);
 
-	if (wake_gp)
-		wake_up_process(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread);
-
-	return 0;
+	return wake_gp;
 }
 
 static long rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(void *arg)
@@ -997,9 +994,15 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(void *arg)
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = arg;
 	struct rcu_segcblist *cblist = &rdp->cblist;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
+	int wake_gp;
+	struct rcu_data *rdp_gp = rdp->nocb_gp_rdp;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->cpu != raw_smp_processor_id());
+	/*
+	 * rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload() may be called directly if
+	 * rcuog/o[p] spawn failed, because at this time the rdp->cpu
+	 * is not online yet.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE((rdp->cpu != raw_smp_processor_id()) && cpu_online(rdp->cpu));
 
 	pr_info("De-offloading %d\n", rdp->cpu);
 
@@ -1023,10 +1026,41 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(void *arg)
 	 */
 	rcu_segcblist_set_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_RCU_CORE);
 	invoke_rcu_core();
-	ret = rdp_offload_toggle(rdp, false, flags);
-	swait_event_exclusive(rdp->nocb_state_wq,
-			      !rcu_segcblist_test_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB |
-							SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP));
+	wake_gp = rdp_offload_toggle(rdp, false, flags);
+
+	mutex_lock(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread_mutex);
+	if (rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread) {
+		if (wake_gp)
+			wake_up_process(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread);
+
+		/*
+		 * If rcuo[p] kthread spawn failed, directly remove SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB.
+		 * Just wait SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP to be cleared by rcuog.
+		 */
+		if (!rdp->nocb_cb_kthread) {
+			rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
+			rcu_segcblist_clear_flags(&rdp->cblist, SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB);
+			rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
+		}
+
+		swait_event_exclusive(rdp->nocb_state_wq,
+					!rcu_segcblist_test_flags(cblist,
+					  SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB | SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP));
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * No kthread to clear the flags for us or remove the rdp from the nocb list
+		 * to iterate. Do it here instead. Locking doesn't look stricly necessary
+		 * but we stick to paranoia in this rare path.
+		 */
+		rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
+		rcu_segcblist_clear_flags(&rdp->cblist,
+				SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB | SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP);
+		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
+
+		list_del(&rdp->nocb_entry_rdp);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Lock one last time to acquire latest callback updates from kthreads
 	 * so we can later handle callbacks locally without locking.
@@ -1047,7 +1081,7 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(void *arg)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_cblist_n_cbs(&rdp->nocb_bypass));
 
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload(int cpu)
@@ -1079,7 +1113,8 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(void *arg)
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = arg;
 	struct rcu_segcblist *cblist = &rdp->cblist;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
+	int wake_gp;
+	struct rcu_data *rdp_gp = rdp->nocb_gp_rdp;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->cpu != raw_smp_processor_id());
 	/*
@@ -1089,6 +1124,9 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(void *arg)
 	if (!rdp->nocb_gp_rdp)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pr_info("Offloading %d\n", rdp->cpu);
 
 	/*
@@ -1113,7 +1151,9 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(void *arg)
 	 *      WRITE flags               READ callbacks
 	 *      rcu_nocb_unlock()         rcu_nocb_unlock()
 	 */
-	ret = rdp_offload_toggle(rdp, true, flags);
+	wake_gp = rdp_offload_toggle(rdp, true, flags);
+	if (wake_gp)
+		wake_up_process(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread);
 	swait_event_exclusive(rdp->nocb_state_wq,
 			      rcu_segcblist_test_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB) &&
 			      rcu_segcblist_test_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP));
@@ -1126,7 +1166,7 @@ static long rcu_nocb_rdp_offload(void *arg)
 	rcu_segcblist_clear_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_RCU_CORE);
 	rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int rcu_nocb_cpu_offload(int cpu)
@@ -1248,7 +1288,7 @@ static void rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(int cpu)
 				"rcuog/%d", rdp_gp->cpu);
 		if (WARN_ONCE(IS_ERR(t), "%s: Could not start rcuo GP kthread, OOM is now expected behavior\n", __func__)) {
 			mutex_unlock(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread_mutex);
-			return;
+			goto end;
 		}
 		WRITE_ONCE(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread, t);
 		if (kthread_prio)
@@ -1260,12 +1300,20 @@ static void rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(int cpu)
 	t = kthread_run(rcu_nocb_cb_kthread, rdp,
 			"rcuo%c/%d", rcu_state.abbr, cpu);
 	if (WARN_ONCE(IS_ERR(t), "%s: Could not start rcuo CB kthread, OOM is now expected behavior\n", __func__))
-		return;
+		goto end;
 
 	if (kthread_prio)
 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rdp->nocb_cb_kthread, t);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rdp->nocb_gp_kthread, rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread);
+	return;
+end:
+	mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
+	if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
+		rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(rdp);
+		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
 }
 
 /* How many CB CPU IDs per GP kthread?  Default of -1 for sqrt(nr_cpu_ids). */
