diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f43d0580fa11d..e9ea56daee2f0 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -216,18 +216,38 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *dev_index_hash(struct net *net, int ifindex)
 	return &net->dev_index_head[ifindex & (NETDEV_HASHENTRIES - 1)];
 }
 
-static inline void rps_lock(struct softnet_data *sd)
+static inline void rps_lock_irqsave(struct softnet_data *sd,
+				    unsigned long *flags)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_RPS
-	spin_lock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
-#endif
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
+	else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_save(*flags);
 }
 
-static inline void rps_unlock(struct softnet_data *sd)
+static inline void rps_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_RPS
-	spin_unlock(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
-#endif
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+		spin_lock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
+	else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_disable();
+}
+
+static inline void rps_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
+					  unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
+	else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_restore(*flags);
+}
+
+static inline void rps_unlock_irq_enable(struct softnet_data *sd)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS))
+		spin_unlock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
+	else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static struct netdev_name_node *netdev_name_node_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
@@ -4525,9 +4545,7 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 
 	sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu);
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-
-	rps_lock(sd);
+	rps_lock_irqsave(sd, &flags);
 	if (!netif_running(skb->dev))
 		goto drop;
 	qlen = skb_queue_len(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
@@ -4536,26 +4554,30 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 enqueue:
 			__skb_queue_tail(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb);
 			input_queue_tail_incr_save(sd, qtail);
-			rps_unlock(sd);
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
+			rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
 			return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		}
 
 		/* Schedule NAPI for backlog device
 		 * We can use non atomic operation since we own the queue lock
+		 * PREEMPT_RT needs to disable interrupts here for
+		 * synchronisation needed in napi_schedule.
 		 */
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+			local_irq_disable();
+
 		if (!__test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &sd->backlog.state)) {
 			if (!rps_ipi_queued(sd))
 				____napi_schedule(sd, &sd->backlog);
 		}
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+			local_irq_enable();
 		goto enqueue;
 	}
 
 drop:
 	sd->dropped++;
-	rps_unlock(sd);
-
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
 
 	atomic_long_inc(&skb->dev->rx_dropped);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -5617,8 +5639,7 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 	local_bh_disable();
 	sd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-	rps_lock(sd);
+	rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb, tmp) {
 		if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sd->input_pkt_queue);
@@ -5626,8 +5647,7 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 			input_queue_head_incr(sd);
 		}
 	}
-	rps_unlock(sd);
-	local_irq_enable();
+	rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->process_queue, skb, tmp) {
 		if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
@@ -5645,16 +5665,14 @@ static bool flush_required(int cpu)
 	struct softnet_data *sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu);
 	bool do_flush;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-	rps_lock(sd);
+	rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 
 	/* as insertion into process_queue happens with the rps lock held,
 	 * process_queue access may race only with dequeue
 	 */
 	do_flush = !skb_queue_empty(&sd->input_pkt_queue) ||
 		   !skb_queue_empty_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
-	rps_unlock(sd);
-	local_irq_enable();
+	rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 
 	return do_flush;
 #endif
@@ -5769,8 +5787,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
 
 		}
 
-		local_irq_disable();
-		rps_lock(sd);
+		rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 		if (skb_queue_empty(&sd->input_pkt_queue)) {
 			/*
 			 * Inline a custom version of __napi_complete().
@@ -5786,8 +5803,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
 			skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&sd->input_pkt_queue,
 						   &sd->process_queue);
 		}
-		rps_unlock(sd);
-		local_irq_enable();
+		rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 	}
 
 	return work;
