diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index c13b9b849a4b..35f7685d7460 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -347,6 +347,21 @@ static __always_inline void rt_mutex_adjust_prio(struct task_struct *p)
 	rt_mutex_setprio(p, pi_task);
 }
 
+/* RT mutex specific wake_q wrappers */
+static __always_inline void rt_mutex_wake_q_add(struct rt_wake_q_head *wqh,
+						struct rt_mutex_waiter *w)
+{
+	wake_q_add(&wqh->head, w->task);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void rt_mutex_wake_up_q(struct rt_wake_q_head *wqh)
+{
+	wake_up_q(&wqh->head);
+
+	/* Pairs with preempt_disable() in mark_wakeup_next_waiter() */
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
 /*
  * Deadlock detection is conditional:
  *
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
index fcc55de46b28..9e2f1dbf6482 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ struct rt_mutex_waiter {
 	u64			deadline;
 };
 
+/**
+ * rt_wake_q_head - Wrapper around regular wake_q_head to support
+ *		    "sleeping" spinlocks on RT
+ * @head:	The regular wake_q_head for sleeping lock variants
+ */
+struct rt_wake_q_head {
+	struct wake_q_head	head;
+};
+
+#define DEFINE_RT_WAKE_Q(name)						\
+	struct rt_wake_q_head name = {					\
+		.head		= WAKE_Q_HEAD_INITIALIZER(name.head),	\
+	}
+
 /*
  * PI-futex support (proxy locking functions, etc.):
  */