diff --git a/include/trace/events/timer.h b/include/trace/events/timer.h
index 19abb6c3eb73..40e9b5a12732 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/timer.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/timer.h
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(itimer_expire,
 		tick_dep_name(PERF_EVENTS)		\
 		tick_dep_name(SCHED)			\
 		tick_dep_name(CLOCK_UNSTABLE)		\
-		tick_dep_name_end(RCU)
+		tick_dep_name(RCU)			\
+		tick_dep_name_end(RCU_EXP)
 
 #undef tick_dep_name
 #undef tick_dep_mask_name
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index e4e0d032126b..378096fc8c56 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ static bool check_tick_dependency(atomic_t *dep)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU_EXP) {
+		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU_EXP);
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }