diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
index faf6f5b53e77..e1191c996c59 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ void debug_mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock)
 
 	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!lock->wait_list.prev && !lock->wait_list.next);
 	mutex_clear_owner(lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * __mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock() is explicitly 0 for debug
+	 * mutexes so that we can do it here after we've verified state.
+	 */
+	atomic_set(&lock->count, 1);
 }
 
 void debug_mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name,
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 02c61a9c8906..14fe72cc8ce7 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
 # include "mutex-debug.h"
 # include <asm-generic/mutex-null.h>
+/*
+ * Must be 0 for the debug case so we do not do the unlock outside of the
+ * wait_lock region. debug_mutex_unlock() will do the actual unlock in this
+ * case.
+ */
+# undef __mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock
+# define  __mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock()	0
 #else
 # include "mutex.h"
 # include <asm/mutex.h>