diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 50bc93b3552f..39c9f8075e14 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -533,76 +533,119 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(struct task_struct *task,
  *
  * Must be called with lock->wait_lock held.
  *
- * @lock:   the lock to be acquired.
- * @task:   the task which wants to acquire the lock
- * @waiter: the waiter that is queued to the lock's wait list. (could be NULL)
+ * @lock:   The lock to be acquired.
+ * @task:   The task which wants to acquire the lock
+ * @waiter: The waiter that is queued to the lock's wait list if the
+ *	    callsite called task_blocked_on_lock(), otherwise NULL
  */
 static int try_to_take_rt_mutex(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct task_struct *task,
-		struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
+				struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	/*
-	 * We have to be careful here if the atomic speedups are
-	 * enabled, such that, when
-	 *  - no other waiter is on the lock
-	 *  - the lock has been released since we did the cmpxchg
-	 * the lock can be released or taken while we are doing the
-	 * checks and marking the lock with RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS.
+	 * Before testing whether we can acquire @lock, we set the
+	 * RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS bit in @lock->owner. This forces all
+	 * other tasks which try to modify @lock into the slow path
+	 * and they serialize on @lock->wait_lock.
 	 *
-	 * The atomic acquire/release aware variant of
-	 * mark_rt_mutex_waiters uses a cmpxchg loop. After setting
-	 * the WAITERS bit, the atomic release / acquire can not
-	 * happen anymore and lock->wait_lock protects us from the
-	 * non-atomic case.
+	 * The RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS bit can have a transitional state
+	 * as explained at the top of this file if and only if:
 	 *
-	 * Note, that this might set lock->owner =
-	 * RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS in the case the lock is not contended
-	 * any more. This is fixed up when we take the ownership.
-	 * This is the transitional state explained at the top of this file.
+	 * - There is a lock owner. The caller must fixup the
+	 *   transient state if it does a trylock or leaves the lock
+	 *   function due to a signal or timeout.
+	 *
+	 * - @task acquires the lock and there are no other
+	 *   waiters. This is undone in rt_mutex_set_owner(@task) at
+	 *   the end of this function.
 	 */
 	mark_rt_mutex_waiters(lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * If @lock has an owner, give up.
+	 */
 	if (rt_mutex_owner(lock))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * It will get the lock because of one of these conditions:
-	 * 1) there is no waiter
-	 * 2) higher priority than waiters
-	 * 3) it is top waiter
+	 * If @waiter != NULL, @task has already enqueued the waiter
+	 * into @lock waiter list. If @waiter == NULL then this is a
+	 * trylock attempt.
 	 */
-	if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock)) {
-		if (task->prio >= rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock)->prio) {
-			if (!waiter || waiter != rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock))
-				return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (waiter || rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		struct rt_mutex_waiter *top;
-
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags);
-
-		/* remove the queued waiter. */
-		if (waiter) {
-			rt_mutex_dequeue(lock, waiter);
-			task->pi_blocked_on = NULL;
-		}
+	if (waiter) {
+		/*
+		 * If waiter is not the highest priority waiter of
+		 * @lock, give up.
+		 */
+		if (waiter != rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock))
+			return 0;
 
 		/*
-		 * We have to enqueue the top waiter(if it exists) into
-		 * task->pi_waiters list.
+		 * We can acquire the lock. Remove the waiter from the
+		 * lock waiters list.
+		 */
+		rt_mutex_dequeue(lock, waiter);
+
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * If the lock has waiters already we check whether @task is
+		 * eligible to take over the lock.
+		 *
+		 * If there are no other waiters, @task can acquire
+		 * the lock.  @task->pi_blocked_on is NULL, so it does
+		 * not need to be dequeued.
 		 */
 		if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock)) {
-			top = rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock);
-			rt_mutex_enqueue_pi(task, top);
+			/*
+			 * If @task->prio is greater than or equal to
+			 * the top waiter priority (kernel view),
+			 * @task lost.
+			 */
+			if (task->prio >= rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock)->prio)
+				return 0;
+
+			/*
+			 * The current top waiter stays enqueued. We
+			 * don't have to change anything in the lock
+			 * waiters order.
+			 */
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * No waiters. Take the lock without the
+			 * pi_lock dance.@task->pi_blocked_on is NULL
+			 * and we have no waiters to enqueue in @task
+			 * pi waiters list.
+			 */
+			goto takeit;
 		}
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->pi_lock, flags);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear @task->pi_blocked_on. Requires protection by
+	 * @task->pi_lock. Redundant operation for the @waiter == NULL
+	 * case, but conditionals are more expensive than a redundant
+	 * store.
+	 */
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags);
+	task->pi_blocked_on = NULL;
+	/*
+	 * Finish the lock acquisition. @task is the new owner. If
+	 * other waiters exist we have to insert the highest priority
+	 * waiter into @task->pi_waiters list.
+	 */
+	if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock))
+		rt_mutex_enqueue_pi(task, rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock));
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->pi_lock, flags);
+
+takeit:
 	/* We got the lock. */
 	debug_rt_mutex_lock(lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * This either preserves the RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS bit if there
+	 * are still waiters or clears it.
+	 */
 	rt_mutex_set_owner(lock, task);
 
 	rt_mutex_deadlock_account_lock(lock, task);