diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwlock-rt.c b/kernel/locking/rwlock-rt.c
index f2e155b2c4a8b..c3b91205161cc 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwlock-rt.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwlock-rt.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void __sched __read_rt_lock(struct rt_rw_lock *lock)
 	 * That would put Reader1 behind the writer waiting on
 	 * Reader2 to call read_unlock() which might be unbound.
 	 */
-	rt_mutex_init_waiter(&waiter, false);
+	rt_mutex_init_waiter(&waiter, true);
 	rt_spin_lock_slowlock_locked(m, &waiter, flags);
 	/*
 	 * The slowlock() above is guaranteed to return with the rtmutex is
diff --git a/localversion-rt b/localversion-rt
index 05c35cb580779..6e44e540b927b 100644
--- a/localversion-rt
+++ b/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt11
+-rt12
