diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 7f8ee09c711f..e9672de22cf2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags-layout.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
@@ -572,6 +573,9 @@ struct mm_struct {
 		bool tlb_flush_batched;
 #endif
 		struct uprobes_state uprobes_state;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+		struct rcu_head delayed_drop;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 		atomic_long_t hugetlb_usage;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 5561486fddef..aca874d33fe6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -49,6 +49,35 @@ static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		__mmdrop(mm);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+/*
+ * RCU callback for delayed mm drop. Not strictly RCU, but call_rcu() is
+ * by far the least expensive way to do that.
+ */
+static inline void __mmdrop_delayed(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = container_of(rhp, struct mm_struct, delayed_drop);
+
+	__mmdrop(mm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Invoked from finish_task_switch(). Delegates the heavy lifting on RT
+ * kernels via RCU.
+ */
+static inline void mmdrop_sched(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	/* Provides a full memory barrier. See mmdrop() */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_count))
+		call_rcu(&mm->delayed_drop, __mmdrop_delayed);
+}
+#else
+static inline void mmdrop_sched(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	mmdrop(mm);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct.
  * @mm: The address space to pin.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 95f4e16f98a2..9eaeba671001 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4836,7 +4836,7 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 	 */
 	if (mm) {
 		membarrier_mm_sync_core_before_usermode(mm);
-		mmdrop(mm);
+		mmdrop_sched(mm);
 	}
 	if (unlikely(prev_state == TASK_DEAD)) {
 		if (prev->sched_class->task_dead)