diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 245058b..88acf8b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index a474de34..839f48c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	select ARCH_HAS_OPP
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index fefe7c8..80b94b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 	select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if PPC64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 
 config GENERIC_CSUM
 	def_bool CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 29f2e98..407c87d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 	select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 	select NO_BOOTMEM
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 
 config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
 	string
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a8f749e..d24887b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 	select HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index 35536d9..8190794 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -220,9 +220,12 @@
 
 endif
 
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
+	bool
+
 config MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 	def_bool y
-	depends on SMP && !DEBUG_MUTEXES
+	depends on SMP && !DEBUG_MUTEXES && ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 
 config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
 	bool