diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index 2fb373a5c1ede3a0ba09fde75a40bc872e9904e9..723bc2df63882d370a0571c3edc645a128797739 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct notifier_block {
 };
 
 struct atomic_notifier_head {
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t lock;
 	struct notifier_block __rcu *head;
 };
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct srcu_notifier_head {
 };
 
 #define ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(name) do {	\
-		spin_lock_init(&(name)->lock);	\
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&(name)->lock);	\
 		(name)->head = NULL;		\
 	} while (0)
 #define BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(name) do {	\
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ extern void srcu_init_notifier_head(struct srcu_notifier_head *nh);
 		cleanup_srcu_struct(&(name)->srcu);
 
 #define ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_INIT(name) {				\
-		.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(name.lock),	\
+		.lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(name.lock),	\
 		.head = NULL }
 #define BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_INIT(name) {				\
 		.rwsem = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER((name).rwsem),	\
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 942f3b09adace79298b5b1d699980bd4181ee9e2..5355f5639079e0726d93342bc8ff283c822d13aa 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,8 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 
 	irq_thread_set_ready(desc, action);
 
+	sched_set_fifo(current);
+
 	if (force_irqthreads && test_bit(IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD,
 					&action->thread_flags))
 		handler_fn = irq_forced_thread_fn;
@@ -1382,8 +1384,6 @@ setup_irq_thread(struct irqaction *new, unsigned int irq, bool secondary)
 	if (IS_ERR(t))
 		return PTR_ERR(t);
 
-	sched_set_fifo(t);
-
 	/*
 	 * We keep the reference to the task struct even if
 	 * the thread dies to avoid that the interrupt code
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 508fe52782857838909559077ab28a7008b42ab8..3ce6a31db7b4bff29e1067bc773e591715ed7e41 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
 
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
+	static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
 	struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
 	int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
@@ -294,6 +295,13 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	init_completion(&self->parked);
 	current->vfork_done = &self->exited;
 
+	/*
+	 * The new thread inherited kthreadd's priority and CPU mask. Reset
+	 * back to default in case they have been changed.
+	 */
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_KTHREAD));
+
 	/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
 	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	create->result = current;
@@ -391,7 +399,6 @@ struct task_struct *__kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 	}
 	task = create->result;
 	if (!IS_ERR(task)) {
-		static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
 		char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
 		/*
@@ -400,13 +407,6 @@ struct task_struct *__kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 		 */
 		vsnprintf(name, sizeof(name), namefmt, args);
 		set_task_comm(task, name);
-		/*
-		 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
-		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
-		 */
-		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(task, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task,
-				     housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_KTHREAD));
 	}
 	kfree(create);
 	return task;
diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index 1b019cbca594a1cd07100d2596ccd1cbb2d9f01a..c20782f076432054d09a3ccf286c356a327d47ff 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ int atomic_notifier_chain_register(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
 	ret = notifier_chain_register(&nh->head, n);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_notifier_chain_register);
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ int atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
 	ret = notifier_chain_unregister(&nh->head, n);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ int atomic_notifier_call_chain_robust(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
 	 * Musn't use RCU; because then the notifier list can
 	 * change between the up and down traversal.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&nh->lock, flags);
 	ret = notifier_call_chain_robust(&nh->head, val_up, val_down, v);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nh->lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index e87e638c31bdf01100870826c6c9f3e2133a0da4..a4fdc7cfb723bc4a2b195fc396f3019080ec6295 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static void del_timer_wait_running(struct timer_list *timer)
 	u32 tf;
 
 	tf = READ_ONCE(timer->flags);
-	if (!(tf & TIMER_MIGRATING)) {
+	if (!(tf & (TIMER_MIGRATING | TIMER_IRQSAFE))) {
 		struct timer_base *base = get_timer_base(tf);
 
 		/*
@@ -1371,6 +1371,13 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(in_irq() && !(timer->flags & TIMER_IRQSAFE));
 
+	/*
+	 * Must be able to sleep on PREEMPT_RT because of the slowpath in
+	 * del_timer_wait_running().
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && !(timer->flags & TIMER_IRQSAFE))
+		lockdep_assert_preemption_enabled();
+
 	do {
 		ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);