diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 16dabd6b36d7..14939273d120 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2302,6 +2302,8 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = raw_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
+	const bool offloaded = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU) &&
+			       rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
 
 	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
 		return;
@@ -2321,8 +2323,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 
 	/* No grace period and unregistered callbacks? */
 	if (!rcu_gp_in_progress() &&
-	    rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist) &&
-	    !rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist)) {
+	    rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist) && !offloaded) {
 		local_irq_save(flags);
 		if (!rcu_segcblist_restempty(&rdp->cblist, RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL))
 			rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked(rnp, rdp);
@@ -2332,8 +2333,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	rcu_check_gp_start_stall(rnp, rdp, rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check());
 
 	/* If there are callbacks ready, invoke them. */
-	if (!rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist) &&
-	    rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist) &&
+	if (!offloaded && rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist) &&
 	    likely(READ_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_fully_active)))
 		rcu_do_batch(rdp);