diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 06fc6c909ee9..f8006b20d388 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -932,7 +932,16 @@ static void dump_throttled_rt_tasks(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 		idx = find_next_bit(array->bitmap, MAX_RT_PRIO, idx + 1);
 	}
 out:
+#ifdef CONFIG_PANIC_ON_RT_THROTTLING
+	/*
+	 * Use pr_err() in the BUG() case since printk_sched() will
+	 * not get flushed and deadlock is not a concern.
+	 */
+	pr_err("%s", buf);
+	BUG();
+#else
 	printk_deferred("%s", buf);
+#endif
 }
 
 static int sched_rt_runtime_exceeded(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1941f80206f8..8afce47c31a1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -935,6 +935,15 @@ config SCHED_INFO
 	bool
 	default n
 
+config PANIC_ON_RT_THROTTLING
+	bool "Panic on RT throttling"
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic when a realtime
+	  runqueue is throttled. This may be useful for detecting
+	  and debugging RT throttling issues.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
 config SCHEDSTATS
 	bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS