diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 275a558b4d4d..8b0922f6d5f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static inline bool wq_has_sleeper(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head)
 
 extern void add_wait_queue(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
 extern void add_wait_queue_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
+extern void add_wait_queue_exclusive_lifo(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
 extern void remove_wait_queue(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
 
 static inline void __add_wait_queue(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
@@ -1137,6 +1138,7 @@ do {										\
  */
 void prepare_to_wait(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
 void prepare_to_wait_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
+void prepare_to_wait_exclusive_lifo(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
 long prepare_to_wait_event(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state);
 void finish_wait(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry);
 long __sched wait_woken(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned int mode,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait.c b/kernel/sched/wait.c
index 4503a5dec5fc..be8835b274b8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait.c
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ void add_wait_queue_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_wait_queue_exclusive);
 
+void add_wait_queue_exclusive_lifo(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	__add_wait_queue(wq_head, wq_entry);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_wait_queue_exclusive_lifo);
+
 void remove_wait_queue(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -256,6 +267,19 @@ prepare_to_wait_exclusive(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_ent
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait_exclusive);
 
+void prepare_to_wait_exclusive_lifo(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int state)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+	if (list_empty(&wq_entry->entry))
+		__add_wait_queue(wq_head, wq_entry);
+	set_current_state(state);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wq_head->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait_exclusive_lifo);
+
 void init_wait_entry(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, int flags)
 {
 	wq_entry->flags = flags;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 22c816d36e30..232ccca30c9a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int inet_csk_wait_for_connect(struct sock *sk, long timeo)
 	 * having to remove and re-insert us on the wait queue.
 	 */
 	for (;;) {
-		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(sk_sleep(sk), &wait,
+		prepare_to_wait_exclusive_lifo(sk_sleep(sk), &wait,
 					  TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		release_sock(sk);
 		if (reqsk_queue_empty(&icsk->icsk_accept_queue))