diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 7c727c4944e6..96c67ba69130 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1063,20 +1063,23 @@ static void mark_wakeup_next_waiter(struct wake_q_head *wake_q,
  *
  * Must be called with lock->wait_lock held and interrupts disabled. I must
  * have just failed to try_to_take_rt_mutex().
+ *
+ * When invoked from rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() waiter::task != current !
  */
 static void remove_waiter(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 			  struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
 {
 	bool is_top_waiter = (waiter == rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock));
 	struct task_struct *owner = rt_mutex_owner(lock);
+	struct task_struct *waiter_task = waiter->task;
 	struct rt_mutex *next_lock;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&current->pi_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&waiter_task->pi_lock);
 	rt_mutex_dequeue(lock, waiter);
-	current->pi_blocked_on = NULL;
-	raw_spin_unlock(&current->pi_lock);
+	waiter_task->pi_blocked_on = NULL;
+	raw_spin_unlock(&waiter_task->pi_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Only update priority if the waiter was the highest priority
@@ -1112,7 +1115,7 @@ static void remove_waiter(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);
 
 	rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(owner, RT_MUTEX_MIN_CHAINWALK, lock,
-				   next_lock, NULL, current);
+				   next_lock, NULL, waiter_task);
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);
 }