diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 7d379a6bfd88..e692abaf915a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1864,8 +1864,7 @@ extern void task_clear_jobctl_pending(struct task_struct *task,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 
 #define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED (1 << 0) /* blocked while in RCU read-side. */
-#define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED (1 << 1) /* boosted while in RCU read-side. */
-#define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS (1 << 2) /* RCU core needs CPU response. */
+#define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS (1 << 1) /* RCU core needs CPU response. */
 
 static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
index 387c2759e1b0..22ecea0dfb62 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ static int rcu_boost(void)
 	t = container_of(tb, struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry);
 	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&mtx, t);
 	t->rcu_boost_mutex = &mtx;
-	t->rcu_read_unlock_special |= RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED;
 	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
 	rt_mutex_lock(&mtx);
 	rt_mutex_unlock(&mtx);  /* Keep lockdep happy. */
@@ -550,6 +549,9 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 	int empty_exp;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct list_head *np;
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+	struct rt_mutex *rbmp = NULL;
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 	int special;
 
 	/*
@@ -615,10 +617,10 @@ static noinline void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 	/* Unboost self if was boosted. */
-	if (special & RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED) {
-		t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BOOSTED;
-		rt_mutex_unlock(t->rcu_boost_mutex);
+	if (t->rcu_boost_mutex != NULL) {
+		rbmp = t->rcu_boost_mutex;
 		t->rcu_boost_mutex = NULL;
+		rt_mutex_unlock(rbmp);
 	}
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 	local_irq_restore(flags);