diff --git a/include/linux/sched/rt.h b/include/linux/sched/rt.h
index e5af028c08b4..994c25640e15 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/rt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/rt.h
@@ -39,20 +39,12 @@ static inline struct task_struct *rt_mutex_get_top_task(struct task_struct *p)
 }
 extern void rt_mutex_setprio(struct task_struct *p, struct task_struct *pi_task);
 extern void rt_mutex_adjust_pi(struct task_struct *p);
-static inline bool tsk_is_pi_blocked(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	return tsk->pi_blocked_on != NULL;
-}
 #else
 static inline struct task_struct *rt_mutex_get_top_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
 # define rt_mutex_adjust_pi(p)		do { } while (0)
-static inline bool tsk_is_pi_blocked(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	return false;
-}
 #endif
 
 extern void normalize_rt_tasks(void);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index dd11daa7a84b..6baf96d2fa39 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6460,8 +6460,12 @@ static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk)
 			io_wq_worker_sleeping(tsk);
 	}
 
-	if (tsk_is_pi_blocked(tsk))
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * spinlock and rwlock must not flush block requests.  This will
+	 * deadlock if the callback attempts to acquire a lock which is
+	 * already acquired.
+	 */
+	SCHED_WARN_ON(current->__state & TASK_RTLOCK_WAIT);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO queued,