diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index 1023f349af71..a3329fb49b33 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ extern void lock_unpin_lock(struct lockdep_map *lock, struct pin_cookie);
 #define lockdep_repin_lock(l,c)	lock_repin_lock(&(l)->dep_map, (c))
 #define lockdep_unpin_lock(l,c)	lock_unpin_lock(&(l)->dep_map, (c))
 
+/*
+ * Must use lock_map_aquire_try() with override maps to avoid
+ * lockdep thinking they participate in the block chain.
+ */
+#define DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(_name, _wait_type)	\
+	struct lockdep_map _name = {			\
+		.name = #_name "-wait-type-override",	\
+		.wait_type_inner = _wait_type,		\
+		.lock_type = LD_LOCK_WAIT_OVERRIDE, }
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_LOCKDEP */
 
 static inline void lockdep_init_task(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -427,6 +437,9 @@ extern int lockdep_is_held(const void *);
 #define lockdep_repin_lock(l, c)		do { (void)(l); (void)(c); } while (0)
 #define lockdep_unpin_lock(l, c)		do { (void)(l); (void)(c); } while (0)
 
+#define DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(_name, _wait_type)	\
+	struct lockdep_map __maybe_unused _name = {}
+
 #endif /* !LOCKDEP */
 
 enum xhlock_context_t {
@@ -551,6 +564,7 @@ do {									\
 #define rwsem_release(l, i)			lock_release(l, i)
 
 #define lock_map_acquire(l)			lock_acquire_exclusive(l, 0, 0, NULL, _THIS_IP_)
+#define lock_map_acquire_try(l)			lock_acquire_exclusive(l, 0, 1, NULL, _THIS_IP_)
 #define lock_map_acquire_read(l)		lock_acquire_shared_recursive(l, 0, 0, NULL, _THIS_IP_)
 #define lock_map_acquire_tryread(l)		lock_acquire_shared_recursive(l, 0, 1, NULL, _THIS_IP_)
 #define lock_map_release(l)			lock_release(l, _THIS_IP_)
diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep_types.h b/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
index d22430840b53..59f4fb1626ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum lockdep_wait_type {
 enum lockdep_lock_type {
 	LD_LOCK_NORMAL = 0,	/* normal, catch all */
 	LD_LOCK_PERCPU,		/* percpu */
+	LD_LOCK_WAIT_OVERRIDE,	/* annotation */
 	LD_LOCK_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 50d4863974e7..62ef295e07e6 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,9 @@ static inline bool usage_match(struct lock_list *entry, void *mask)
 
 static inline bool usage_skip(struct lock_list *entry, void *mask)
 {
+	if (entry->class->lock_type == LD_LOCK_NORMAL)
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Skip local_lock() for irq inversion detection.
 	 *
@@ -2279,14 +2282,16 @@ static inline bool usage_skip(struct lock_list *entry, void *mask)
 	 * As a result, we will skip local_lock(), when we search for irq
 	 * inversion bugs.
 	 */
-	if (entry->class->lock_type == LD_LOCK_PERCPU) {
-		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(entry->class->wait_type_inner < LD_WAIT_CONFIG))
-			return false;
+	if (entry->class->lock_type == LD_LOCK_PERCPU &&
+	    DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(entry->class->wait_type_inner < LD_WAIT_CONFIG))
+		return false;
 
-		return true;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Skip WAIT_OVERRIDE for irq inversion detection -- it's not actually
+	 * a lock and only used to override the wait_type.
+	 */
 
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4752,7 +4757,8 @@ static int check_wait_context(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *next)
 
 	for (; depth < curr->lockdep_depth; depth++) {
 		struct held_lock *prev = curr->held_locks + depth;
-		u8 prev_inner = hlock_class(prev)->wait_type_inner;
+		struct lock_class *class = hlock_class(prev);
+		u8 prev_inner = class->wait_type_inner;
 
 		if (prev_inner) {
 			/*
@@ -4762,6 +4768,14 @@ static int check_wait_context(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *next)
 			 * Also due to trylocks.
 			 */
 			curr_inner = min(curr_inner, prev_inner);
+
+			/*
+			 * Allow override for annotations -- this is typically
+			 * only valid/needed for code that only exists when
+			 * CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=n.
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(class->lock_type == LD_LOCK_WAIT_OVERRIDE))
+				curr_inner = prev_inner;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 003edc5ebd67..826c617b10a7 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -591,10 +591,21 @@ static void debug_objects_fill_pool(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * On RT enabled kernels the pool refill must happen in preemptible
-	 * context:
+	 * context -- for !RT kernels we rely on the fact that spinlock_t and
+	 * raw_spinlock_t are basically the same type and this lock-type
+	 * inversion works just fine.
 	 */
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || preemptible())
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || preemptible()) {
+		/*
+		 * Annotate away the spinlock_t inside raw_spinlock_t warning
+		 * by temporarily raising the wait-type to WAIT_SLEEP, matching
+		 * the preemptible() condition above.
+		 */
+		static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(fill_pool_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
+		lock_map_acquire_try(&fill_pool_map);
 		fill_pool();
+		lock_map_release(&fill_pool_map);
+	}
 }
 
 static void