diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index 9881eac0698f..4d244e295e85 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@
 /*
  * The preempt_count offset after spin_lock()
  */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
 #define PREEMPT_LOCK_OFFSET	PREEMPT_DISABLE_OFFSET
+#else
+#define PREEMPT_LOCK_OFFSET	0
+#endif
 
 /*
  * The preempt_count offset needed for things like: