diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index ca308210f4467..24bc59c8867f8 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2231,11 +2231,11 @@ int handle_early_requeue_pi_wakeup(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
  * @uaddr2:	the pi futex we will take prior to returning to user-space
  *
  * The caller will wait on uaddr and will be requeued by futex_requeue() to
- * uaddr2 which must be PI aware.  Normal wakeup will wake on uaddr2 and
- * complete the acquisition of the rt_mutex prior to returning to userspace.
- * This ensures the rt_mutex maintains an owner when it has waiters; without
- * one, the pi logic wouldn't know which task to boost/deboost, if there was a
- * need to.
+ * uaddr2 which must be PI aware and unique from uaddr.  Normal wakeup will wake
+ * on uaddr2 and complete the acquisition of the rt_mutex prior to returning to
+ * userspace.  This ensures the rt_mutex maintains an owner when it has waiters;
+ * without one, the pi logic would not know which task to boost/deboost, if
+ * there was a need to.
  *
  * We call schedule in futex_wait_queue_me() when we enqueue and return there
  * via the following:
@@ -2272,6 +2272,9 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags,
 	struct futex_q q = futex_q_init;
 	int res, ret;
 
+	if (uaddr == uaddr2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!bitset)
 		return -EINVAL;