diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
index 2819b95479af..28bc688e2705 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ retry:
 	if (gp_async) {
 		cur_ops->gp_barrier();
 	}
-	writer_n_durations[me] = i_max;
+	writer_n_durations[me] = i_max + 1;
 	torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_scale_writer");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ rcu_scale_cleanup(void)
 			wdpp = writer_durations[i];
 			if (!wdpp)
 				continue;
-			for (j = 0; j <= writer_n_durations[i]; j++) {
+			for (j = 0; j < writer_n_durations[i]; j++) {
 				wdp = &wdpp[j];
 				pr_alert("%s%s %4d writer-duration: %5d %llu\n",
 					scale_type, SCALE_FLAG,