diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 27dff663f9e4a3ce54e0e93a495764fcd52fbb96..5fa042be94d5dc958e1668befb272172001bd276 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1441,10 +1441,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_timed_lock);
  *
  * @lock:	the rt_mutex to be locked
  *
+ * This function can only be called in thread context. It's safe to
+ * call it from atomic regions, but not from hard interrupt or soft
+ * interrupt context.
+ *
  * Returns 1 on success and 0 on contention
  */
 int __sched rt_mutex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(in_irq() || in_nmi() || in_serving_softirq()))
+		return 0;
+
 	return rt_mutex_fasttrylock(lock, rt_mutex_slowtrylock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_trylock);