diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem_rt.h b/include/linux/rwsem_rt.h
index 0065b08fbb7a..924c2d274ab5 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem_rt.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem_rt.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 struct rw_semaphore {
 	struct rt_mutex		lock;
+	int			read_depth;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	struct lockdep_map	dep_map;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rt.c b/kernel/locking/rt.c
index eac2ddea9c45..9a972e996185 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rt.c
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_up_write);
 void  rt_up_read(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem)
 {
 	rwsem_release(&rwsem->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
-	rt_mutex_unlock(&rwsem->lock);
+	if (--rwsem->read_depth == 0)
+		rt_mutex_unlock(&rwsem->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_up_read);
 
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_up_read);
 void  rt_downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem)
 {
 	BUG_ON(rt_mutex_owner(&rwsem->lock) != current);
+	rwsem->read_depth = 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_downgrade_write);
 
@@ -370,12 +372,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_down_write_nested_lock);
 
 int  rt_down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem)
 {
-	int ret;
+	struct rt_mutex *lock = &rwsem->lock;
+	int ret = 1;
 
-	ret = rt_mutex_trylock(&rwsem->lock);
-	if (ret)
+	/*
+	 * recursive read locks succeed when current owns the rwsem,
+	 * but not when read_depth == 0 which means that the rwsem is
+	 * write locked.
+	 */
+	if (rt_mutex_owner(lock) != current)
+		ret = rt_mutex_trylock(&rwsem->lock);
+	else if (!rwsem->read_depth)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	if (ret) {
+		rwsem->read_depth++;
 		rwsem_acquire(&rwsem->dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
-
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_down_read_trylock);
@@ -383,7 +396,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_down_read_trylock);
 static void __rt_down_read(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem, int subclass)
 {
 	rwsem_acquire(&rwsem->dep_map, subclass, 0, _RET_IP_);
-	rt_mutex_lock(&rwsem->lock);
+
+	if (rt_mutex_owner(&rwsem->lock) != current)
+		rt_mutex_lock(&rwsem->lock);
+	rwsem->read_depth++;
 }
 
 void  rt_down_read(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem)
@@ -408,6 +424,7 @@ void  __rt_rwsem_init(struct rw_semaphore *rwsem, const char *name,
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed((void *)rwsem, sizeof(*rwsem));
 	lockdep_init_map(&rwsem->dep_map, name, key, 0);
 #endif
+	rwsem->read_depth = 0;
 	rwsem->lock.save_state = 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rt_rwsem_init);