diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index c8fe74ef8db9..3c1ba7b9a326 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -656,6 +656,31 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (next_lock != waiter->lock)
 		goto out_unlock_pi;
 
+	/*
+	 * There could be 'spurious' loops in the lock graph due to ww_mutex,
+	 * consider:
+	 *
+	 *   P1: A, ww_A, ww_B
+	 *   P2: ww_B, ww_A
+	 *   P3: A
+	 *
+	 * P3 should not return -EDEADLK because it gets trapped in the cycle
+	 * created by P1 and P2 (which will resolve -- and runs into
+	 * max_lock_depth above). Therefore disable detect_deadlock such that
+	 * the below termination condition can trigger once all relevant tasks
+	 * are boosted.
+	 *
+	 * Even when we start with ww_mutex we can disable deadlock detection,
+	 * since we would supress a ww_mutex induced deadlock at [6] anyway.
+	 * Supressing it here however is not sufficient since we might still
+	 * hit [6] due to adjustment driven iteration.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: if someone were to create a deadlock between 2 ww_classes we'd
+	 * utterly fail to report it; lockdep should.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && waiter->ww_ctx && detect_deadlock)
+		detect_deadlock = false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Drop out, when the task has no waiters. Note,
 	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting