diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index ef609f8..a210ede 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
 	list_del(&old->task_list);
 }
 
+void __wake_up_common(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode,
+			int nr_exclusive, int sync, void *key);
 void __wake_up(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr, void *key);
 extern void __wake_up_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode);
 extern void __wake_up_sync(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr);
@@ -333,16 +335,19 @@
 	for (;;) {							\
 		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&wq, &__wait,			\
 					TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);		\
-		if (condition)						\
+		if (condition) {					\
+			finish_wait(&wq, &__wait);			\
 			break;						\
+		}							\
 		if (!signal_pending(current)) {				\
 			schedule();					\
 			continue;					\
 		}							\
 		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;					\
+		abort_exclusive_wait(&wq, &__wait, 			\
+				TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, NULL);		\
 		break;							\
 	}								\
-	finish_wait(&wq, &__wait);					\
 } while (0)
 
 #define wait_event_interruptible_exclusive(wq, condition)		\
@@ -431,6 +436,8 @@
 void prepare_to_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait, int state);
 void prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait, int state);
 void finish_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
+void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait,
+			unsigned int mode, void *key);
 int autoremove_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key);
 int wake_bit_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 242d0d4..8ee437a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4697,8 +4697,8 @@
  * started to run but is not in state TASK_RUNNING. try_to_wake_up() returns
  * zero in this (rare) case, and we handle it by continuing to scan the queue.
  */
-static void __wake_up_common(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode,
-			     int nr_exclusive, int sync, void *key)
+void __wake_up_common(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode,
+			int nr_exclusive, int sync, void *key)
 {
 	wait_queue_t *curr, *next;
 
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index cd87131..42a2dbc 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_to_wait_exclusive);
 
+/*
+ * finish_wait - clean up after waiting in a queue
+ * @q: waitqueue waited on
+ * @wait: wait descriptor
+ *
+ * Sets current thread back to running state and removes
+ * the wait descriptor from the given waitqueue if still
+ * queued.
+ */
 void finish_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -117,6 +126,39 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_wait);
 
+/*
+ * abort_exclusive_wait - abort exclusive waiting in a queue
+ * @q: waitqueue waited on
+ * @wait: wait descriptor
+ * @state: runstate of the waiter to be woken
+ * @key: key to identify a wait bit queue or %NULL
+ *
+ * Sets current thread back to running state and removes
+ * the wait descriptor from the given waitqueue if still
+ * queued.
+ *
+ * Wakes up the next waiter if the caller is concurrently
+ * woken up through the queue.
+ *
+ * This prevents waiter starvation where an exclusive waiter
+ * aborts and is woken up concurrently and noone wakes up
+ * the next waiter.
+ */
+void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait,
+			unsigned int mode, void *key)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&wait->task_list))
+		list_del_init(&wait->task_list);
+	else if (waitqueue_active(q))
+		__wake_up_common(q, mode, 1, 0, key);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort_exclusive_wait);
+
 int autoremove_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
 {
 	int ret = default_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
@@ -177,17 +219,20 @@
 __wait_on_bit_lock(wait_queue_head_t *wq, struct wait_bit_queue *q,
 			int (*action)(void *), unsigned mode)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	do {
+		int ret;
+
 		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wq, &q->wait, mode);
-		if (test_bit(q->key.bit_nr, q->key.flags)) {
-			if ((ret = (*action)(q->key.flags)))
-				break;
-		}
+		if (!test_bit(q->key.bit_nr, q->key.flags))
+			continue;
+		ret = action(q->key.flags);
+		if (!ret)
+			continue;
+		abort_exclusive_wait(wq, &q->wait, mode, &q->key);
+		return ret;
 	} while (test_and_set_bit(q->key.bit_nr, q->key.flags));
 	finish_wait(wq, &q->wait);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_bit_lock);