diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index 2a926d0de423..a4c020a9a0eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ config DRM_DEBUG_DP_MST_TOPOLOGY_REFS
           This has the potential to use a lot of memory and print some very
           large kernel messages. If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK
+	bool "Enable backtrace history for lock contention"
+	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	depends on EXPERT
+	select STACKDEPOT
+	default y if DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH
+	help
+	  Enable debug tracing of failures to gracefully handle drm modeset lock
+	  contention. A history of each drm modeset lock path hitting -EDEADLK
+	  will be saved until gracefully handled, and the backtrace will be
+	  printed when attempting to lock a contended lock.
+
+	  If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 	bool "Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver"
 	depends on DRM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
index fcfe1a03c4a1..62f6fe482d25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
 #include <drm/drm_device.h>
 #include <drm/drm_modeset_lock.h>
+#include <drm/drm_print.h>
 
 /**
  * DOC: kms locking
@@ -77,6 +78,45 @@
 
 static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(crtc_ww_class);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK)
+static noinline depot_stack_handle_t __stack_depot_save(void)
+{
+	unsigned long entries[8];
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	n = stack_trace_save(entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries), 1);
+
+	return stack_depot_save(entries, n, GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
+}
+
+static void __stack_depot_print(depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot)
+{
+	struct drm_printer p = drm_debug_printer("drm_modeset_lock");
+	unsigned long *entries;
+	unsigned int nr_entries;
+	char *buf;
+
+	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	if (!buf)
+		return;
+
+	nr_entries = stack_depot_fetch(stack_depot, &entries);
+	stack_trace_snprint(buf, PAGE_SIZE, entries, nr_entries, 2);
+
+	drm_printf(&p, "attempting to lock a contended lock without backoff:\n%s", buf);
+
+	kfree(buf);
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK */
+static depot_stack_handle_t __stack_depot_save(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static void __stack_depot_print(depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK */
+
 /**
  * drm_modeset_lock_all - take all modeset locks
  * @dev: DRM device
@@ -225,7 +265,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_acquire_fini);
  */
 void drm_modeset_drop_locks(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	WARN_ON(ctx->contended);
+	if (WARN_ON(ctx->contended))
+		__stack_depot_print(ctx->stack_depot);
+
 	while (!list_empty(&ctx->locked)) {
 		struct drm_modeset_lock *lock;
 
@@ -243,7 +285,8 @@ static inline int modeset_lock(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	WARN_ON(ctx->contended);
+	if (WARN_ON(ctx->contended))
+		__stack_depot_print(ctx->stack_depot);
 
 	if (ctx->trylock_only) {
 		lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->ww_ctx);
@@ -274,6 +317,7 @@ static inline int modeset_lock(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock,
 		ret = 0;
 	} else if (ret == -EDEADLK) {
 		ctx->contended = lock;
+		ctx->stack_depot = __stack_depot_save();
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -296,6 +340,7 @@ int drm_modeset_backoff(struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
 	struct drm_modeset_lock *contended = ctx->contended;
 
 	ctx->contended = NULL;
+	ctx->stack_depot = 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!contended))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
index aafd07388eb7..b84693fbd2b5 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #ifndef DRM_MODESET_LOCK_H_
 #define DRM_MODESET_LOCK_H_
 
+#include <linux/types.h> /* stackdepot.h is not self-contained */
+#include <linux/stackdepot.h>
 #include <linux/ww_mutex.h>
 
 struct drm_modeset_lock;
@@ -51,6 +53,12 @@ struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx {
 	 */
 	struct drm_modeset_lock *contended;
 
+	/*
+	 * Stack depot for debugging when a contended lock was not backed off
+	 * from.
+	 */
+	depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot;
+
 	/*
 	 * list of held locks (drm_modeset_lock)
 	 */