diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 500cfa776225..555e6b53eb41 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4752,7 +4752,9 @@
 			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
 			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
 			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
-			       can be preempted anytime.
+			       can be preempted anytime.  Tasks will also yield
+			       contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
+			       explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
 
 	print-fatal-signals=
 			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 3fcd20de6ca8..63dd8cf3c3c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -462,11 +462,10 @@ static __always_inline int spin_is_contended(spinlock_t *lock)
  */
 static inline int spin_needbreak(spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
+	if (!preempt_model_preemptible())
+		return 0;
+
 	return spin_is_contended(lock);
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -479,11 +478,10 @@ static inline int spin_needbreak(spinlock_t *lock)
  */
 static inline int rwlock_needbreak(rwlock_t *lock)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
+	if (!preempt_model_preemptible())
+		return 0;
+
 	return rwlock_is_contended(lock);
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
 }
 
 /*