t = kthread_create(rcu_gp_kthread, NULL, "%s", rcu_state.name);
        if (WARN_ONCE(IS_ERR(t), "%s: Could not start grace-period kthread, OOM is now expected behavior\n", __func__))
                return 0;
-       if (kthread_prio)
+       if (kthread_prio) {
+               sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
                sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+       }
        rnp = rcu_get_root();
        raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
        rcu_state.gp_kthread = t;
-       if (kthread_prio)
-               sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
        wake_up_process(t);
        rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads();