diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 7fd81b8c4897..e203665c0faa 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -265,35 +265,6 @@ static inline int freezable_schedule_hrtimeout_range(ktime_t *expires,
 	__retval;							\
 })
 
-#define wait_event_freezable(wq, condition)				\
-({									\
-	int __retval;							\
-	freezer_do_not_count();						\
-	__retval = wait_event_interruptible(wq, (condition));		\
-	freezer_count();						\
-	__retval;							\
-})
-
-#define wait_event_freezable_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)		\
-({									\
-	long __retval = timeout;					\
-	freezer_do_not_count();						\
-	__retval = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(wq,	(condition),	\
-				__retval);				\
-	freezer_count();						\
-	__retval;							\
-})
-
-#define wait_event_freezable_exclusive(wq, condition)			\
-({									\
-	int __retval;							\
-	freezer_do_not_count();						\
-	__retval = wait_event_interruptible_exclusive(wq, condition);	\
-	freezer_count();						\
-	__retval;							\
-})
-
-
 #else /* !CONFIG_FREEZER */
 static inline bool frozen(struct task_struct *p) { return false; }
 static inline bool freezing(struct task_struct *p) { return false; }
@@ -331,15 +302,6 @@ static inline void set_freezable(void) {}
 #define freezable_schedule_hrtimeout_range(expires, delta, mode)	\
 	schedule_hrtimeout_range(expires, delta, mode)
 
-#define wait_event_freezable(wq, condition)				\
-		wait_event_interruptible(wq, condition)
-
-#define wait_event_freezable_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)		\
-		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)
-
-#define wait_event_freezable_exclusive(wq, condition)			\
-		wait_event_interruptible_exclusive(wq, condition)
-
 #define wait_event_freezekillable(wq, condition)		\
 		wait_event_killable(wq, condition)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 0421775e0b9f..2232ed16635a 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -267,6 +267,31 @@ do {									\
 	__wait_event(wq, condition);					\
 } while (0)
 
+#define __wait_event_freezable(wq, condition)				\
+	___wait_event(wq, condition, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0,		\
+			    schedule(); try_to_freeze())
+
+/**
+ * wait_event - sleep (or freeze) until a condition gets true
+ * @wq: the waitqueue to wait on
+ * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for
+ *
+ * The process is put to sleep (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE -- so as not to contribute
+ * to system load) until the @condition evaluates to true. The
+ * @condition is checked each time the waitqueue @wq is woken up.
+ *
+ * wake_up() has to be called after changing any variable that could
+ * change the result of the wait condition.
+ */
+#define wait_event_freezable(wq, condition)				\
+({									\
+	int __ret = 0;							\
+	might_sleep();							\
+	if (!(condition))						\
+		__ret = __wait_event_freezable(wq, condition);		\
+	__ret;								\
+})
+
 #define __wait_event_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)			\
 	___wait_event(wq, ___wait_cond_timeout(condition),		\
 		      TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, 0, timeout,			\
@@ -300,6 +325,24 @@ do {									\
 	__ret;								\
 })
 
+#define __wait_event_freezable_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)		\
+	___wait_event(wq, ___wait_cond_timeout(condition),		\
+		      TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, timeout,			\
+		      __ret = schedule_timeout(__ret); try_to_freeze())
+
+/*
+ * like wait_event_timeout() -- except it uses TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE to avoid
+ * increasing load and is freezable.
+ */
+#define wait_event_freezable_timeout(wq, condition, timeout)		\
+({									\
+	long __ret = timeout;						\
+	might_sleep();							\
+	if (!___wait_cond_timeout(condition))				\
+		__ret = __wait_event_freezable_timeout(wq, condition, timeout);	\
+	__ret;								\
+})
+
 #define __wait_event_cmd(wq, condition, cmd1, cmd2)			\
 	(void)___wait_event(wq, condition, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0,	\
 			    cmd1; schedule(); cmd2)
@@ -480,6 +523,20 @@ do {									\
 })
 
 
+#define __wait_event_freezable_exclusive(wq, condition)			\
+	___wait_event(wq, condition, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 1, 0,		\
+			schedule(); try_to_freeze())
+
+#define wait_event_freezable_exclusive(wq, condition)			\
+({									\
+	int __ret = 0;							\
+	might_sleep();							\
+	if (!(condition))						\
+		__ret = __wait_event_freezable_exclusive(wq, condition);\
+	__ret;								\
+})
+
+
 #define __wait_event_interruptible_locked(wq, condition, exclusive, irq) \
 ({									\
 	int __ret = 0;							\