diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
index bc3557677eed..8968fd65a90d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ torture_param(int, shutdown_secs, 0, "Shutdown time (j), <= zero to disable.");
 torture_param(int, stat_interval, 60,
 	     "Number of seconds between stats printk()s");
 torture_param(int, stutter, 5, "Number of jiffies to run/halt test, 0=disable");
+torture_param(int, rt_boost, 2,
+		"Do periodic rt-boost. 0=Disable, 1=Only for rt_mutex, 2=For all lock types.");
 torture_param(int, verbose, 1,
 	     "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
 torture_param(int, nlocks, 1,
@@ -129,15 +131,49 @@ static void torture_lock_busted_write_unlock(int tid __maybe_unused)
 	  /* BUGGY, do not use in real life!!! */
 }
 
-static void torture_boost_dummy(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
+static void __torture_rt_boost(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
 {
-	/* Only rtmutexes care about priority */
+	const unsigned int factor = 50000; /* yes, quite arbitrary */
+
+	if (!rt_task(current)) {
+		/*
+		 * Boost priority once every ~50k operations. When the
+		 * task tries to take the lock, the rtmutex it will account
+		 * for the new priority, and do any corresponding pi-dance.
+		 */
+		if (trsp && !(torture_random(trsp) %
+			      (cxt.nrealwriters_stress * factor))) {
+			sched_set_fifo(current);
+		} else /* common case, do nothing */
+			return;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The task will remain boosted for another ~500k operations,
+		 * then restored back to its original prio, and so forth.
+		 *
+		 * When @trsp is nil, we want to force-reset the task for
+		 * stopping the kthread.
+		 */
+		if (!trsp || !(torture_random(trsp) %
+			       (cxt.nrealwriters_stress * factor * 2))) {
+			sched_set_normal(current, 0);
+		} else /* common case, do nothing */
+			return;
+	}
+}
+
+static void torture_rt_boost(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
+{
+	if (rt_boost != 2)
+		return;
+
+	__torture_rt_boost(trsp);
 }
 
 static struct lock_torture_ops lock_busted_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_lock_busted_write_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_lock_busted_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_lock_busted_write_unlock,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -181,7 +217,7 @@ __releases(torture_spinlock)
 static struct lock_torture_ops spin_lock_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_spin_lock_write_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_spin_lock_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_spin_lock_write_unlock,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -208,7 +244,7 @@ __releases(torture_spinlock)
 static struct lock_torture_ops spin_lock_irq_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_spin_lock_write_lock_irq,
 	.write_delay	= torture_spin_lock_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_lock_spin_write_unlock_irq,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -277,7 +313,7 @@ __releases(torture_rwlock)
 static struct lock_torture_ops rw_lock_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_rwlock_write_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_rwlock_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_rwlock_write_unlock,
 	.readlock       = torture_rwlock_read_lock,
 	.read_delay     = torture_rwlock_read_delay,
@@ -320,7 +356,7 @@ __releases(torture_rwlock)
 static struct lock_torture_ops rw_lock_irq_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_rwlock_write_lock_irq,
 	.write_delay	= torture_rwlock_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_rwlock_write_unlock_irq,
 	.readlock       = torture_rwlock_read_lock_irq,
 	.read_delay     = torture_rwlock_read_delay,
@@ -362,7 +398,7 @@ __releases(torture_mutex)
 static struct lock_torture_ops mutex_lock_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_mutex_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_mutex_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_mutex_unlock,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -460,7 +496,7 @@ static struct lock_torture_ops ww_mutex_lock_ops = {
 	.exit		= torture_ww_mutex_exit,
 	.writelock	= torture_ww_mutex_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_mutex_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_ww_mutex_unlock,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -478,37 +514,6 @@ __acquires(torture_rtmutex)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void torture_rtmutex_boost(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
-{
-	const unsigned int factor = 50000; /* yes, quite arbitrary */
-
-	if (!rt_task(current)) {
-		/*
-		 * Boost priority once every ~50k operations. When the
-		 * task tries to take the lock, the rtmutex it will account
-		 * for the new priority, and do any corresponding pi-dance.
-		 */
-		if (trsp && !(torture_random(trsp) %
-			      (cxt.nrealwriters_stress * factor))) {
-			sched_set_fifo(current);
-		} else /* common case, do nothing */
-			return;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * The task will remain boosted for another ~500k operations,
-		 * then restored back to its original prio, and so forth.
-		 *
-		 * When @trsp is nil, we want to force-reset the task for
-		 * stopping the kthread.
-		 */
-		if (!trsp || !(torture_random(trsp) %
-			       (cxt.nrealwriters_stress * factor * 2))) {
-			sched_set_normal(current, 0);
-		} else /* common case, do nothing */
-			return;
-	}
-}
-
 static void torture_rtmutex_delay(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
 {
 	const unsigned long shortdelay_us = 2;
@@ -534,10 +539,18 @@ __releases(torture_rtmutex)
 	rt_mutex_unlock(&torture_rtmutex);
 }
 
+static void torture_rt_boost_rtmutex(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
+{
+	if (!rt_boost)
+		return;
+
+	__torture_rt_boost(trsp);
+}
+
 static struct lock_torture_ops rtmutex_lock_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_rtmutex_lock,
 	.write_delay	= torture_rtmutex_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_rtmutex_boost,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost_rtmutex,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_rtmutex_unlock,
 	.readlock       = NULL,
 	.read_delay     = NULL,
@@ -604,7 +617,7 @@ __releases(torture_rwsem)
 static struct lock_torture_ops rwsem_lock_ops = {
 	.writelock	= torture_rwsem_down_write,
 	.write_delay	= torture_rwsem_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_rwsem_up_write,
 	.readlock       = torture_rwsem_down_read,
 	.read_delay     = torture_rwsem_read_delay,
@@ -656,7 +669,7 @@ static struct lock_torture_ops percpu_rwsem_lock_ops = {
 	.exit		= torture_percpu_rwsem_exit,
 	.writelock	= torture_percpu_rwsem_down_write,
 	.write_delay	= torture_rwsem_write_delay,
-	.task_boost     = torture_boost_dummy,
+	.task_boost     = torture_rt_boost,
 	.writeunlock	= torture_percpu_rwsem_up_write,
 	.readlock       = torture_percpu_rwsem_down_read,
 	.read_delay     = torture_rwsem_read_delay,
