diff --git a/fs/pstore/Kconfig b/fs/pstore/Kconfig
index 8adabde685f1..c49d554cc9ae 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/pstore/Kconfig
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ config PSTORE_CONSOLE
 config PSTORE_PMSG
 	bool "Log user space messages"
 	depends on PSTORE
+	select RT_MUTEXES
 	help
 	  When the option is enabled, pstore will export a character
 	  interface /dev/pmsg0 to log user space messages. On reboot
diff --git a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
index b31c9c72d90b..ab82e5f05346 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
+static DEFINE_RT_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
 
 static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (!access_ok(buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
+	rt_mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
 	ret = psinfo->write_user(&record, buf);
-	mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
+	rt_mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 9a5052431fd3..ade66dbe5f39 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static int ramoops_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		field = value;						\
 	}
 
-	parse_u32("mem-type", pdata->record_size, pdata->mem_type);
+	parse_u32("mem-type", pdata->mem_type, pdata->mem_type);
 	parse_u32("record-size", pdata->record_size, 0);
 	parse_u32("console-size", pdata->console_size, 0);
 	parse_u32("ftrace-size", pdata->ftrace_size, 0);