diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
index 4063645..fb658af 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * wait for a lock to be granted
+ * wait for the read lock to be granted
  */
-static struct rw_semaphore __sched *
-rwsem_down_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
-			 enum rwsem_waiter_type type, signed long adjustment)
+struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
+	enum rwsem_waiter_type type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ;
+	signed long adjustment = -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
 	struct rwsem_waiter waiter;
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	signed long count;
@@ -238,21 +238,63 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * wait for the read lock to be granted
- */
-struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	return rwsem_down_failed_common(sem, RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ,
-					-RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS);
-}
-
-/*
  * wait for the write lock to be granted
  */
 struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	return rwsem_down_failed_common(sem, RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE,
-					-RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS);
+	enum rwsem_waiter_type type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE;
+	signed long adjustment = -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
+	struct rwsem_waiter waiter;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	signed long count;
+
+	/* set up my own style of waitqueue */
+	waiter.task = tsk;
+	waiter.type = type;
+	get_task_struct(tsk);
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
+		adjustment += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
+	list_add_tail(&waiter.list, &sem->wait_list);
+
+	/* we're now waiting on the lock, but no longer actively locking */
+	count = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem);
+
+	/* If there are no active locks, wake the front queued process(es) up.
+	 *
+	 * Alternatively, if we're called from a failed down_write(), there
+	 * were already threads queued before us and there are no active
+	 * writers, the lock must be read owned; so we try to wake any read
+	 * locks that were queued ahead of us. */
+	if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
+		sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_NO_ACTIVE);
+	else if (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS &&
+		 adjustment == -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS)
+		sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED);
+
+	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+
+	/* wait to be given the lock */
+	while (true) {
+		set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (!waiter.task)
+			break;
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+		/* Try to get the writer sem, may steal from the head writer: */
+		if (type == RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE)
+			if (try_get_writer_sem(sem, &waiter)) {
+				raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+				return sem;
+			}
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+		schedule();
+	}
+
+	tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+
+	return sem;
 }
 
 /*