diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 65cc0cb984e6aef64211da9ff693b4dc67968103..940633c632541d7aa31eb68ef7c271f17bb86369 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1616,11 +1616,12 @@ bool __sched __rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 void __sched rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	bool postunlock;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 	postunlock = __rt_mutex_futex_unlock(lock, &wake_q);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 
 	if (postunlock)
 		rt_mutex_postunlock(&wake_q);