diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index c72b2c51b446c..1a78979663dca 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 		list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
 		list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
 		iocb->ki_res.res = mangle_poll(mask);
-		if (iocb->ki_eventfd && eventfd_signal_count()) {
+		if (iocb->ki_eventfd && !eventfd_signal_allowed()) {
 			iocb = NULL;
 			INIT_WORK(&req->work, aio_poll_put_work);
 			schedule_work(&req->work);
diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index df466ef81dddf..9035ca60bfcf3 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
-
 static DEFINE_IDA(eventfd_ida);
 
 struct eventfd_ctx {
@@ -67,21 +65,21 @@ __u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n)
 	 * Deadlock or stack overflow issues can happen if we recurse here
 	 * through waitqueue wakeup handlers. If the caller users potentially
 	 * nested waitqueues with custom wakeup handlers, then it should
-	 * check eventfd_signal_count() before calling this function. If
-	 * it returns true, the eventfd_signal() call should be deferred to a
+	 * check eventfd_signal_allowed() before calling this function. If
+	 * it returns false, the eventfd_signal() call should be deferred to a
 	 * safe context.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(this_cpu_read(eventfd_wake_count)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->in_eventfd_signal))
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
-	this_cpu_inc(eventfd_wake_count);
+	current->in_eventfd_signal = 1;
 	if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count < n)
 		n = ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count;
 	ctx->count += n;
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
 		wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
-	this_cpu_dec(eventfd_wake_count);
+	current->in_eventfd_signal = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 
 	return n;
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index dc4fd8a6644dd..836b4c021a0a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 /*
  * CAREFUL: Check include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h when defining
@@ -42,11 +43,9 @@ __u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n);
 int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_entry_t *wait,
 				  __u64 *cnt);
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
-
-static inline bool eventfd_signal_count(void)
+static inline bool eventfd_signal_allowed(void)
 {
-	return this_cpu_read(eventfd_wake_count);
+	return !current->in_eventfd_signal;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_EVENTFD */
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ static inline int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static inline bool eventfd_signal_count(void)
+static inline bool eventfd_signal_allowed(void)
 {
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 409a24036952c..29e6ff1af1df9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -852,6 +852,10 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Stalled due to lack of memory */
 	unsigned			in_memstall:1;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
+	/* Recursion prevention for eventfd_signal() */
+	unsigned			in_eventfd_signal:1;
+#endif
 
 	unsigned long			atomic_flags; /* Flags requiring atomic access. */
 
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index dbf585cf4b9f8..971d8acceaecb 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ static bool stop_machine_initialized = false;
 
 void print_stop_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	struct cpu_stopper *stopper = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_stopper);
+	/*
+	 * If @task is a stopper task, it cannot migrate and task_cpu() is
+	 * stable.
+	 */
+	struct cpu_stopper *stopper = per_cpu_ptr(&cpu_stopper, task_cpu(task));
 
 	if (task != stopper->thread)
 		return;
diff --git a/localversion-rt b/localversion-rt
index 66fa05e70f292..9b7de9345ef4c 100644
--- a/localversion-rt
+++ b/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt60
+-rt61
