diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 238599a36ead..e1c303fa6d43 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -577,6 +577,24 @@ static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The rwsem_spin_on_owner() function returns the following 4 values
+ * depending on the lock owner state.
+ *   OWNER_NULL  : owner is currently NULL
+ *   OWNER_WRITER: when owner changes and is a writer
+ *   OWNER_READER: when owner changes and the new owner may be a reader.
+ *   OWNER_NONSPINNABLE:
+ *		   when optimistic spinning has to stop because either the
+ *		   owner stops running, is unknown, or its timeslice has
+ *		   been used up.
+ */
+enum owner_state {
+	OWNER_NULL		= 1 << 0,
+	OWNER_WRITER		= 1 << 1,
+	OWNER_READER		= 1 << 2,
+	OWNER_NONSPINNABLE	= 1 << 3,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 /*
  * Try to acquire write lock before the writer has been put on wait queue.
@@ -634,23 +652,6 @@ static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * The rwsem_spin_on_owner() function returns the folowing 4 values
- * depending on the lock owner state.
- *   OWNER_NULL  : owner is currently NULL
- *   OWNER_WRITER: when owner changes and is a writer
- *   OWNER_READER: when owner changes and the new owner may be a reader.
- *   OWNER_NONSPINNABLE:
- *		   when optimistic spinning has to stop because either the
- *		   owner stops running, is unknown, or its timeslice has
- *		   been used up.
- */
-enum owner_state {
-	OWNER_NULL		= 1 << 0,
-	OWNER_WRITER		= 1 << 1,
-	OWNER_READER		= 1 << 2,
-	OWNER_NONSPINNABLE	= 1 << 3,
-};
 #define OWNER_SPINNABLE		(OWNER_NULL | OWNER_WRITER | OWNER_READER)
 
 static inline enum owner_state
@@ -880,12 +881,11 @@ static inline bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 
 static inline void clear_nonspinnable(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { }
 
-static inline int
+static inline enum owner_state
 rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return OWNER_NONSPINNABLE;
 }
-#define OWNER_NULL	1
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -1097,9 +1097,16 @@ wait:
 		 * In this case, we attempt to acquire the lock again
 		 * without sleeping.
 		 */
-		if (wstate == WRITER_HANDOFF &&
-		    rwsem_spin_on_owner(sem) == OWNER_NULL)
-			goto trylock_again;
+		if (wstate == WRITER_HANDOFF) {
+			enum owner_state owner_state;
+
+			preempt_disable();
+			owner_state = rwsem_spin_on_owner(sem);
+			preempt_enable();
+
+			if (owner_state == OWNER_NULL)
+				goto trylock_again;
+		}
 
 		/* Block until there are no active lockers. */
 		for (;;) {