diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index b32e3dabe28b..9c4534a69a8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -98,14 +98,21 @@ static __always_inline unsigned char interrupt_context_level(void)
 	return level;
 }
 
+/*
+ * These macro definitions avoid redundant invocations of preempt_count()
+ * because such invocations would result in redundant loads given that
+ * preempt_count() is commonly implemented with READ_ONCE().
+ */
+
 #define nmi_count()	(preempt_count() & NMI_MASK)
 #define hardirq_count()	(preempt_count() & HARDIRQ_MASK)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 # define softirq_count()	(current->softirq_disable_cnt & SOFTIRQ_MASK)
+# define irq_count()		((preempt_count() & (NMI_MASK | HARDIRQ_MASK)) | softirq_count())
 #else
 # define softirq_count()	(preempt_count() & SOFTIRQ_MASK)
+# define irq_count()		(preempt_count() & (NMI_MASK | HARDIRQ_MASK | SOFTIRQ_MASK))
 #endif
-#define irq_count()	(nmi_count() | hardirq_count() | softirq_count())
 
 /*
  * Macros to retrieve the current execution context:
@@ -118,7 +125,11 @@ static __always_inline unsigned char interrupt_context_level(void)
 #define in_nmi()		(nmi_count())
 #define in_hardirq()		(hardirq_count())
 #define in_serving_softirq()	(softirq_count() & SOFTIRQ_OFFSET)
-#define in_task()		(!(in_nmi() | in_hardirq() | in_serving_softirq()))
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+# define in_task()		(!((preempt_count() & (NMI_MASK | HARDIRQ_MASK)) | in_serving_softirq()))
+#else
+# define in_task()		(!(preempt_count() & (NMI_MASK | HARDIRQ_MASK | SOFTIRQ_OFFSET)))
+#endif
 
 /*
  * The following macros are deprecated and should not be used in new code: