diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 0b8b354447d67ab140a00caf9fd9b1e23495f355..6c12e506aca8dc9005b0a21afbd2cda1bad8b428 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ struct sk_buff_head {
 
 	__u32		qlen;
 	spinlock_t	lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t	raw_lock;
 };
 
 struct sk_buff;
@@ -1903,6 +1904,12 @@ static inline void skb_queue_head_init(struct sk_buff_head *list)
 	__skb_queue_head_init(list);
 }
 
+static inline void skb_queue_head_init_raw(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+{
+	raw_spin_lock_init(&list->raw_lock);
+	__skb_queue_head_init(list);
+}
+
 static inline void skb_queue_head_init_class(struct sk_buff_head *list,
 		struct lock_class_key *class)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a2e7a4d510cdbd9cf5fd48f96da2083c1a7a12f6..23a1534fd9911a3caaa16f1c4666a7bf4e45a553 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *dev_index_hash(struct net *net, int ifindex)
 static inline void rps_lock(struct softnet_data *sd)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
-	spin_lock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.raw_lock);
 #endif
 }
 
 static inline void rps_unlock(struct softnet_data *sd)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
-	spin_unlock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.raw_lock);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -3805,7 +3805,11 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 	 * This permits qdisc->running owner to get the lock more
 	 * often and dequeue packets faster.
 	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+	contended = true;
+#else
 	contended = qdisc_is_running(q);
+#endif
 	if (unlikely(contended))
 		spin_lock(&q->busylock);
 
@@ -11008,7 +11012,7 @@ static int dev_cpu_dead(unsigned int oldcpu)
 		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}
-	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue))) {
+	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue))) {
 		netif_rx_ni(skb);
 		input_queue_head_incr(oldsd);
 	}
@@ -11324,7 +11328,7 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
 
 		INIT_WORK(flush, flush_backlog);
 
-		skb_queue_head_init(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
+		skb_queue_head_init_raw(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
 		skb_queue_head_init(&sd->process_queue);
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD
 		skb_queue_head_init(&sd->xfrm_backlog);