diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 1feb169274fe613cc5f0360c797668bf84497c4b..af2cc6eabcc781c4e8f7ee2067de75844ed5874d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ config HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
 	bool
 
-config HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX_CPU_RELAX
-	bool
-
 config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index dcc6ac2d802637ab6e5fb9c004eaa69ba5e01479..7143793859fadf0cbc66c1b2119c5cbaee6368c8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
 	select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
 	select ARCH_SAVE_PAGE_KEYS if HIBERNATION
+	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ config S390
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
 	select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE if SLUB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL if !MARCH_G5
-	select HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX_CPU_RELAX
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE if 64BIT
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/mutex.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/mutex.h
index 688271f5f2e452b9951599550f33ed0ddcfe0a7c..458c1f7fbc1808d48982aa0c5fe89bfe3df2098c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/mutex.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/mutex.h
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm-generic/mutex-dec.h>
-
-#define arch_mutex_cpu_relax()	barrier()
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
index 0eb37505cab11c71f083ed508f02c98a72127e95..ca7821f07260301f26c2ff9314432b193ad8bebf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 	barrier();
 }
 
+#define arch_mutex_cpu_relax()  barrier()
+
 static inline void psw_set_key(unsigned int key)
 {
 	asm volatile("spka 0(%0)" : : "d" (key));
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 701fe8c59e1f0e9efc302e711eef5bcfe3db479a..83e5d216105e86a2df2ab1367bcfc3fd1590542a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ extern void arch_spin_lock_wait_flags(arch_spinlock_t *, unsigned long flags);
 extern int arch_spin_trylock_retry(arch_spinlock_t *);
 extern void arch_spin_relax(arch_spinlock_t *lock);
 
+static inline int arch_spin_value_unlocked(arch_spinlock_t lock)
+{
+	return lock.owner_cpu == 0;
+}
+
 static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lp)
 {
 	int old;
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index ccd4260834c57da2ea30fc5b20714ef15afe076f..bab49da8a0f0b1bd2e01d516fdd0e39a07162326 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
-
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
 
 /*
  * Simple, straightforward mutexes with strict semantics:
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
 
 extern int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX_CPU_RELAX
-#define arch_mutex_cpu_relax()	cpu_relax()
+#ifndef arch_mutex_cpu_relax
+# define arch_mutex_cpu_relax() cpu_relax()
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index e294ae445c9ab4b7e97dd1a46efc7dc7d6a1848d..6f9d434c1521eab9ca0b2821d10936af55f2b703 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 # define cmpxchg64_relaxed cmpxchg64
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Allow architectures to override the default cpu_relax() within CMPXCHG_LOOP.
+ * This is useful for architectures with an expensive cpu_relax().
+ */
+#ifndef arch_mutex_cpu_relax
+# define arch_mutex_cpu_relax() cpu_relax()
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Note that the "cmpxchg()" reloads the "old" value for the
  * failure case.
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@
 		if (likely(old.lock_count == prev.lock_count)) {		\
 			SUCCESS;						\
 		}								\
-		cpu_relax();							\
+		arch_mutex_cpu_relax();						\
 	}									\
 } while (0)