diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index ac1365afcc4a..e858de203eb6 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1248,10 +1248,7 @@ static int __sched task_blocks_on_rt_mutex(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
 
 		/* Check whether the waiter should back out immediately */
 		rtm = container_of(lock, struct rt_mutex, rtmutex);
-		preempt_disable();
 		res = __ww_mutex_add_waiter(waiter, rtm, ww_ctx, wake_q);
-		wake_up_q(wake_q);
-		preempt_enable();
 		if (res) {
 			raw_spin_lock(&task->pi_lock);
 			rt_mutex_dequeue(lock, waiter);