diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index fe2f1ef73dfe..01115e2742e6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3709,6 +3709,9 @@ ttwu_do_activate(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_flags,
 {
 	int en_flags = ENQUEUE_WAKEUP | ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
 
+	if (wake_flags & WF_SYNC)
+		en_flags |= ENQUEUE_WAKEUP_SYNC;
+
 	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
 
 	if (p->sched_contributes_to_load)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index e3cac4b64330..88318f67a28b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,27 @@ static void dequeue_rt_entity(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, unsigned int flags)
 	enqueue_top_rt_rq(&rq->rt);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static inline bool should_honor_rt_sync(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+					bool sync)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the waker is CFS, then an RT sync wakeup would preempt the waker
+	 * and force it to run for a likely small time after the RT wakee is
+	 * done. So, only honor RT sync wakeups from RT wakers.
+	 */
+	return sync && task_has_rt_policy(rq->curr) &&
+		p->prio <= rq->rt.highest_prio.next &&
+		rq->rt.rt_nr_running <= 2;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool should_honor_rt_sync(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+					bool sync)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Adding/removing a task to/from a priority array:
  */
@@ -1494,6 +1515,7 @@ static void
 enqueue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 {
 	struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se = &p->rt;
+	bool sync = !!(flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP_SYNC);
 
 	if (flags & ENQUEUE_WAKEUP)
 		rt_se->timeout = 0;
@@ -1503,7 +1525,8 @@ enqueue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 
 	enqueue_rt_entity(rt_se, flags);
 
-	if (!task_current(rq, p) && p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)
+	if (!task_current(rq, p) && p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1 &&
+	    !should_honor_rt_sync(rq, p, sync))
 		enqueue_pushable_task(rq, p);
 }
 
@@ -1559,8 +1582,11 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int flags)
 {
 	struct task_struct *curr;
 	struct rq *rq;
+	struct rq *this_cpu_rq;
 	bool test;
 	int target_cpu = -1;
+	bool sync = !!(flags & WF_SYNC);
+	int this_cpu;
 
 	trace_android_rvh_select_task_rq_rt(p, cpu, flags & 0xF,
 					flags, &target_cpu);
@@ -1575,6 +1601,8 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int flags)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	curr = READ_ONCE(rq->curr); /* unlocked access */
+	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	this_cpu_rq = cpu_rq(this_cpu);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the current task on @p's runqueue is an RT task, then
@@ -1606,6 +1634,15 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int flags)
 	       unlikely(rt_task(curr)) &&
 	       (curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 || curr->prio <= p->prio);
 
+	/*
+	 * Respect the sync flag as long as the task can run on this CPU.
+	 */
+	if (should_honor_rt_sync(this_cpu_rq, p, sync) &&
+	    cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
+		cpu = this_cpu;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (test || !rt_task_fits_capacity(p, cpu)) {
 		int target = find_lowest_rq(p);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 3e303411121f..5c322db39374 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2111,6 +2111,8 @@ extern const u32		sched_prio_to_wmult[40];
 #define ENQUEUE_MIGRATED	0x00
 #endif
 
+#define ENQUEUE_WAKEUP_SYNC	0x80
+
 #define RETRY_TASK		((void *)-1UL)
 
 struct sched_class {