diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index c61b6b9..a8af797 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -650,7 +650,16 @@
  * please be careful when making changes to rcu_assign_pointer() and the
  * other macros that it invokes.
  */
-#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER(v))
+#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)					      \
+({									      \
+	uintptr_t _r_a_p__v = (uintptr_t)(v);				      \
+									      \
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(v) && (_r_a_p__v) == (uintptr_t)NULL)	      \
+		WRITE_ONCE((p), (typeof(p))(_r_a_p__v));		      \
+	else								      \
+		smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
+	_r_a_p__v;							      \
+})
 
 /**
  * rcu_access_pointer() - fetch RCU pointer with no dereferencing