diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index ad0156b86937..3f7a345b3814 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1535,13 +1535,10 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void)
 static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
 {
 	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask);
-	if (!strcasecmp(str, "all"))		/* legacy: use "0-N" instead */
+	if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
+		pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
 		cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
-	else
-		if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
-			pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
-			cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
-		}
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("rcu_nocbs=", rcu_nocb_setup);