diff --git a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
index d8542ec2f38c..18cf94b597e0 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
+static DEFINE_RT_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
 
 static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (!access_ok(buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
+	rt_mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
 	ret = psinfo->write_user(&record, buf);
-	mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
+	rt_mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }