diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index a66038d88878f32df1e4ba2a64036dee648815a7..426e98e0b675c7924a46e7114536a970dfb8cec5 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+# define __RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)			\
+	.dep_map = {					\
+		.name = #lockname,			\
+		.wait_type_inner = LD_WAIT_SLEEP,	\
+	},
+#else
+# define __RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 #include <linux/osq_lock.h>
 #endif
@@ -64,16 +77,6 @@ static inline int rwsem_is_locked(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 
 /* Common initializer macros and functions */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-# define __RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)			\
-	.dep_map = {					\
-		.name = #lockname,			\
-		.wait_type_inner = LD_WAIT_SLEEP,	\
-	},
-#else
-# define __RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS
 # define __RWSEM_DEBUG_INIT(lockname) .magic = &lockname,
 #else
@@ -119,6 +122,61 @@ static inline int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	return !list_empty(&sem->wait_list);
 }
 
+#else /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
+
+#include <linux/rwbase_rt.h>
+
+struct rw_semaphore {
+	struct rwbase_rt	rwbase;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	struct lockdep_map	dep_map;
+#endif
+};
+
+#define __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(name)				\
+	{							\
+		.rwbase = __RWBASE_INITIALIZER(name),		\
+		__RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(name)			\
+	}
+
+#define DECLARE_RWSEM(lockname) \
+	struct rw_semaphore lockname = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(lockname)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+extern void  __rwsem_init(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem, const char *name,
+			  struct lock_class_key *key);
+#else
+static inline void  __rwsem_init(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem, const char *name,
+				 struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+#define init_rwsem(sem)						\
+do {								\
+	static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+								\
+	init_rwbase_rt(&(sem)->rwbase);			\
+	__rwsem_init((sem), #sem, &__key);			\
+} while (0)
+
+static __always_inline int rwsem_is_locked(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rw_base_is_locked(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rw_base_is_contended(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
+
+/*
+ * The functions below are the same for all rwsem implementations including
+ * the RT specific variant.
+ */
+
 /*
  * lock for reading
  */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 8a595b60ca9b4465c3faa43649b8cea622c96ce4..c017f9f2874be6c00f80ec967b14f806414da5c8 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 #include "lock_events.h"
 
 /*
@@ -1344,6 +1345,113 @@ static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 		rwsem_downgrade_wake(sem);
 }
 
+#else /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
+
+#include "rtmutex.c"
+
+#define rwbase_set_and_save_current_state(state)	\
+	set_current_state(state)
+
+#define rwbase_restore_current_state()			\
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING)
+
+#define rwbase_rtmutex_lock_state(rtm, state)		\
+	__rt_mutex_lock(rtm, state)
+
+#define rwbase_rtmutex_slowlock_locked(rtm, state)	\
+	__rt_mutex_slowlock_locked(rtm, state)
+
+#define rwbase_rtmutex_unlock(rtm)			\
+	__rt_mutex_unlock(rtm)
+
+#define rwbase_rtmutex_trylock(rtm)			\
+	__rt_mutex_trylock(rtm)
+
+#define rwbase_signal_pending_state(state, current)	\
+	signal_pending_state(state, current)
+
+#define rwbase_schedule()				\
+	schedule()
+
+#include "rwbase_rt.c"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+void __rwsem_init(struct rw_semaphore *sem, const char *name,
+		  struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+	debug_check_no_locks_freed((void *)sem, sizeof(*sem));
+	lockdep_init_map_wait(&sem->dep_map, name, key, 0, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rwsem_init);
+#endif
+
+static inline void __down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	rwbase_read_lock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+static inline int __down_read_interruptible(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rwbase_read_lock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+static inline int __down_read_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rwbase_read_lock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_KILLABLE);
+}
+
+static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rwbase_read_trylock(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+static inline void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	rwbase_read_unlock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_NORMAL);
+}
+
+static inline void __sched __down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	rwbase_write_lock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+static inline int __sched __down_write_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rwbase_write_lock(&sem->rwbase, TASK_KILLABLE);
+}
+
+static inline int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	return rwbase_write_trylock(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	rwbase_write_unlock(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	rwbase_write_downgrade(&sem->rwbase);
+}
+
+/* Debug stubs for the common API */
+#define DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(c, sem)
+
+static inline void __rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
+					    struct task_struct *owner)
+{
+}
+
+static inline bool is_rwsem_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	int count = atomic_read(&sem->rwbase.readers);
+
+	return count < 0 && count != READER_BIAS;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
+
 /*
  * lock for reading
  */