diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 4a10e8c16fd2..88d08eeb8bc0 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -237,12 +237,13 @@ static __always_inline bool rt_mutex_cmpxchg_release(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
  */
 static __always_inline void mark_rt_mutex_waiters(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
 {
-	unsigned long owner, *p = (unsigned long *) &lock->owner;
+	unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *) &lock->owner;
+	unsigned long owner, new;
 
+	owner = READ_ONCE(*p);
 	do {
-		owner = *p;
-	} while (cmpxchg_relaxed(p, owner,
-				 owner | RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS) != owner);
+		new = owner | RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS;
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg_relaxed(p, &owner, new));
 
 	/*
 	 * The cmpxchg loop above is relaxed to avoid back-to-back ACQUIRE