diff --git a/Documentation/locking/hwspinlock.rst b/Documentation/locking/hwspinlock.rst
index c1c2c827b575..6ee94cc6d3b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/hwspinlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/locking/hwspinlock.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ is already free).
 
 Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
 
+::
+
+  int hwspin_lock_bust(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int id);
+
+After verifying the owner of the hwspinlock, release a previously acquired
+hwspinlock; returns 0 on success, or an appropriate error code on failure
+(e.g. -EOPNOTSUPP if the bust operation is not defined for the specific
+hwspinlock).
+
+Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
+
 ::
 
   int hwspin_lock_timeout(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int timeout);
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index 73a6dff5cbac..a7851262f36f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -305,6 +305,34 @@ void __hwspin_unlock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hwspin_unlock);
 
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_bust() - bust a specific hwspinlock
+ * @hwlock: a previously-acquired hwspinlock which we want to bust
+ * @id: identifier of the remote lock holder, if applicable
+ *
+ * This function will bust a hwspinlock that was previously acquired as
+ * long as the current owner of the lock matches the id given by the caller.
+ *
+ * Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, or -EINVAL if the hwspinlock does not exist, or
+ * the bust operation fails, and -EOPNOTSUPP if the bust operation is not
+ * defined for the hwspinlock.
+ */
+int hwspin_lock_bust(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int id)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!hwlock))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!hwlock->bank->ops->bust) {
+		pr_err("bust operation not defined\n");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	return hwlock->bank->ops->bust(hwlock, id);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_bust);
+
 /**
  * of_hwspin_lock_simple_xlate - translate hwlock_spec to return a lock id
  * @hwlock_spec: hwlock specifier as found in the device tree
@@ -610,7 +638,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwspin_lock_unregister);
  * This function should be called from the underlying platform-specific
  * implementation, to register a new hwspinlock device instance.
  *
- * Should be called from a process context (might sleep)
+ * Context: Process context. GFP_KERNEL allocation.
  *
  * Returns: %0 on success, or an appropriate error code on failure
  */
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h
index 12f230b40693..2202f2c9a62e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ struct hwspinlock_device;
  * @trylock: make a single attempt to take the lock. returns 0 on
  *	     failure and true on success. may _not_ sleep.
  * @unlock:  release the lock. always succeed. may _not_ sleep.
+ * @bust:    optional, platform-specific bust handler, called by hwspinlock
+ *	     core to bust a specific lock.
  * @relax:   optional, platform-specific relax handler, called by hwspinlock
  *	     core while spinning on a lock, between two successive
  *	     invocations of @trylock. may _not_ sleep.
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ struct hwspinlock_device;
 struct hwspinlock_ops {
 	int (*trylock)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
 	void (*unlock)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
+	int (*bust)(struct hwspinlock *lock, unsigned int id);
 	void (*relax)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/hwspinlock.h b/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
index bfe7c1f1ac6d..f0231dbc4777 100644
--- a/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int __hwspin_lock_timeout(struct hwspinlock *, unsigned int, int,
 int __hwspin_trylock(struct hwspinlock *, int, unsigned long *);
 void __hwspin_unlock(struct hwspinlock *, int, unsigned long *);
 int of_hwspin_lock_get_id_byname(struct device_node *np, const char *name);
+int hwspin_lock_bust(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int id);
 int devm_hwspin_lock_free(struct device *dev, struct hwspinlock *hwlock);
 struct hwspinlock *devm_hwspin_lock_request(struct device *dev);
 struct hwspinlock *devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific(struct device *dev,
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ void __hwspin_unlock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
 {
 }
 
+static inline int hwspin_lock_bust(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int id)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int of_hwspin_lock_get_id(struct device_node *np, int index)
 {
 	return 0;
