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-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index d32c14de270e..37a642c54871 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -174,10 +174,13 @@ struct rcu_head {
  * code.
  */
 
-#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)	({ \
-						smp_wmb(); \
-						(p) = (v); \
-					})
+#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
+	({ \
+		if (!__builtin_constant_p(v) || \
+		    ((v) != NULL)) \
+			smp_wmb(); \
+		(p) = (v); \
+	})
 
 /**
  * synchronize_sched - block until all CPUs have exited any non-preemptive