diff --git a/kernel/futex/requeue.c b/kernel/futex/requeue.c
index 79823ad13683..b3f4a4bccb12 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/requeue.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/requeue.c
@@ -154,8 +154,16 @@ static inline void futex_requeue_pi_complete(struct futex_q *q, int locked)
 	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&q->requeue_state, &old, new));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
-	/* If the waiter interleaved with the requeue let it know */
-	if (unlikely(old == Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT))
+	/*
+	 * The waiter in futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() can interleave with the
+	 * wake below: It will assign Q_REQUEUE_PI_IN_PROGRESS and here it will
+	 * be updated to Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED (locked = 1). The rcuwait_wait_event()
+	 * will already read Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED and skip the schedule() invocation,
+	 * leading to an access of futex_q::requeue_wait after the waiter returned.
+	 * In this case only we skip the wake here and rely on following wake in
+	 * requeue_pi_wake_futex() to perform the wake if needed.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(old == Q_REQUEUE_PI_WAIT) && new != Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED)
 		rcuwait_wake_up(&q->requeue_wait);
 #endif
 }