diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index f549c552dbf1e376a412efc1cb7a95a7029f2f7a..30465a2f2b6cf8e072ee797d1b58219f0799cb66 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_write_trylock);
 void up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	rwsem_release(&sem->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
+	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(sem->owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED);
 
 	__up_read(sem);
 }
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(up_read);
 void up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	rwsem_release(&sem->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
+	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(sem->owner != current);
 
 	rwsem_clear_owner(sem);
 	__up_write(sem);
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(up_write);
 void downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	lock_downgrade(&sem->dep_map, _RET_IP_);
+	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(sem->owner != current);
 
 	rwsem_set_reader_owned(sem);
 	__downgrade_write(sem);
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_write_killable_nested);
 
 void up_read_non_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
+	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(sem->owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED);
 	__up_read(sem);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
index a883b8f1fdc6efbadcab3ca130120cd28130e518..a17cba8d94bb10b4e3d6d038ea90259349e8a193 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
  */
 #define RWSEM_READER_OWNED	((struct task_struct *)1UL)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS
+# define DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(c)	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(c)
+#else
+# define DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(c)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 /*
  * All writes to owner are protected by WRITE_ONCE() to make sure that
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ static inline void rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	 * do a write to the rwsem cacheline when it is really necessary
 	 * to minimize cacheline contention.
 	 */
-	if (sem->owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED)
+	if (READ_ONCE(sem->owner) != RWSEM_READER_OWNED)
 		WRITE_ONCE(sem->owner, RWSEM_READER_OWNED);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 64155e310a9f2119ee7443268e767fc74b32043e..88650ab5cedb2936fe52f1c0b9ecba83ead89e78 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1075,6 +1075,13 @@ config DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH
 	 even a debug kernel.  If you are a driver writer, enable it.  If
 	 you are a distro, do not.
 
+config DEBUG_RWSEMS
+	bool "RW Semaphore debugging: basic checks"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
+	help
+	  This debugging feature allows mismatched rw semaphore locks and unlocks
+	  to be detected and reported.
+
 config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
@@ -1097,6 +1104,7 @@ config PROVE_LOCKING
 	select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
 	select DEBUG_MUTEXES
 	select DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES if RT_MUTEXES
+	select DEBUG_RWSEMS if RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 	select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 	default n