diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index adc2184009c5..dc49c6712b17 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ uses of RCU may be found in listRCU.txt, arrayRCU.txt, and NMI-RCU.txt.
 	};
 	DEFINE_SPINLOCK(foo_mutex);
 
-	struct foo *gbl_foo;
+	struct foo __rcu *gbl_foo;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create a new struct foo that is the same as the one currently
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ uses of RCU may be found in listRCU.txt, arrayRCU.txt, and NMI-RCU.txt.
 
 		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
-		old_fp = gbl_foo;
+		old_fp = rcu_dereference_protected(gbl_foo, lockdep_is_held(&foo_mutex));
 		*new_fp = *old_fp;
 		new_fp->a = new_a;
 		rcu_assign_pointer(gbl_foo, new_fp);
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ The foo_update_a() function might then be written as follows:
 
 		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
-		old_fp = gbl_foo;
+		old_fp = rcu_dereference_protected(gbl_foo, lockdep_is_held(&foo_mutex));
 		*new_fp = *old_fp;
 		new_fp->a = new_a;
 		rcu_assign_pointer(gbl_foo, new_fp);