diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index d4e69595dbd4..30a0f81aa130 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -223,13 +223,8 @@ struct lock_chain {
 };
 
 #define MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS		13
-/*
- * Subtract one because we offset hlock->class_idx by 1 in order
- * to make 0 mean no class. This avoids overflowing the class_idx
- * bitfield and hitting the BUG in hlock_class().
- */
-#define MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS		((1UL << MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS) - 1)
-#define INITIAL_CHAIN_KEY		0
+#define MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS		(1UL << MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS)
+#define INITIAL_CHAIN_KEY		-1
 
 struct held_lock {
 	/*
@@ -254,6 +249,11 @@ struct held_lock {
 	u64 				waittime_stamp;
 	u64				holdtime_stamp;
 #endif
+	/*
+	 * class_idx is zero-indexed; it points to the element in
+	 * lock_classes this held lock instance belongs to. class_idx is in
+	 * the range from 0 to (MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS-1) inclusive.
+	 */
 	unsigned int			class_idx:MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS;
 	/*
 	 * The lock-stack is unified in that the lock chains of interrupt
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 9edf6f12b711..3eecae315885 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -151,17 +151,28 @@ unsigned long nr_lock_classes;
 static
 #endif
 struct lock_class lock_classes[MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS];
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(lock_classes_in_use, MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS);
 
 static inline struct lock_class *hlock_class(struct held_lock *hlock)
 {
-	if (!hlock->class_idx) {
+	unsigned int class_idx = hlock->class_idx;
+
+	/* Don't re-read hlock->class_idx, can't use READ_ONCE() on bitfield */
+	barrier();
+
+	if (!test_bit(class_idx, lock_classes_in_use)) {
 		/*
 		 * Someone passed in garbage, we give up.
 		 */
 		DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	return lock_classes + hlock->class_idx - 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, if the passed hlock->class_idx is still garbage,
+	 * we just have to live with it
+	 */
+	return lock_classes + class_idx;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
@@ -590,19 +601,22 @@ static void print_lock(struct held_lock *hlock)
 	/*
 	 * We can be called locklessly through debug_show_all_locks() so be
 	 * extra careful, the hlock might have been released and cleared.
+	 *
+	 * If this indeed happens, lets pretend it does not hurt to continue
+	 * to print the lock unless the hlock class_idx does not point to a
+	 * registered class. The rationale here is: since we don't attempt
+	 * to distinguish whether we are in this situation, if it just
+	 * happened we can't count on class_idx to tell either.
 	 */
-	unsigned int class_idx = hlock->class_idx;
+	struct lock_class *lock = hlock_class(hlock);
 
-	/* Don't re-read hlock->class_idx, can't use READ_ONCE() on bitfields: */
-	barrier();
-
-	if (!class_idx || (class_idx - 1) >= MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS) {
+	if (!lock) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT "<RELEASED>\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_CONT "%p", hlock->instance);
-	print_lock_name(lock_classes + class_idx - 1);
+	print_lock_name(lock);
 	printk(KERN_CONT ", at: %pS\n", (void *)hlock->acquire_ip);
 }
 
@@ -861,7 +875,7 @@ static bool check_lock_chain_key(struct lock_chain *chain)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = chain->base; i < chain->base + chain->depth; i++)
-		chain_key = iterate_chain_key(chain_key, chain_hlocks[i] + 1);
+		chain_key = iterate_chain_key(chain_key, chain_hlocks[i]);
 	/*
 	 * The 'unsigned long long' casts avoid that a compiler warning
 	 * is reported when building tools/lib/lockdep.
@@ -1136,6 +1150,7 @@ register_lock_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass, int force)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	nr_lock_classes++;
+	__set_bit(class - lock_classes, lock_classes_in_use);
 	debug_atomic_inc(nr_unused_locks);
 	class->key = key;
 	class->name = lock->name;
@@ -2550,7 +2565,7 @@ static void print_chain_keys_chain(struct lock_chain *chain)
 	printk("depth: %u\n", chain->depth);
 	for (i = 0; i < chain->depth; i++) {
 		class_id = chain_hlocks[chain->base + i];
-		chain_key = print_chain_key_iteration(class_id + 1, chain_key);
+		chain_key = print_chain_key_iteration(class_id, chain_key);
 
 		print_lock_name(lock_classes + class_id);
 		printk("\n");
@@ -2601,7 +2616,7 @@ static int check_no_collision(struct task_struct *curr,
 	}
 
 	for (j = 0; j < chain->depth - 1; j++, i++) {
-		id = curr->held_locks[i].class_idx - 1;
+		id = curr->held_locks[i].class_idx;
 
 		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(chain_hlocks[chain->base + j] != id)) {
 			print_collision(curr, hlock, chain);
@@ -2684,7 +2699,7 @@ static inline int add_chain_cache(struct task_struct *curr,
 	if (likely(nr_chain_hlocks + chain->depth <= MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS)) {
 		chain->base = nr_chain_hlocks;
 		for (j = 0; j < chain->depth - 1; j++, i++) {
-			int lock_id = curr->held_locks[i].class_idx - 1;
+			int lock_id = curr->held_locks[i].class_idx;
 			chain_hlocks[chain->base + j] = lock_id;
 		}
 		chain_hlocks[chain->base + j] = class - lock_classes;
@@ -2864,10 +2879,12 @@ static void check_chain_key(struct task_struct *curr)
 				(unsigned long long)hlock->prev_chain_key);
 			return;
 		}
+
 		/*
-		 * Whoops ran out of static storage again?
+		 * hlock->class_idx can't go beyond MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS, but is
+		 * it registered lock class index?
 		 */
-		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(hlock->class_idx > MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS))
+		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!test_bit(hlock->class_idx, lock_classes_in_use)))
 			return;
 
 		if (prev_hlock && (prev_hlock->irq_context !=
@@ -3715,7 +3732,7 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(depth >= MAX_LOCK_DEPTH))
 		return 0;
 
-	class_idx = class - lock_classes + 1;
+	class_idx = class - lock_classes;
 
 	if (depth) {
 		hlock = curr->held_locks + depth - 1;
@@ -3777,9 +3794,9 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	 * the hash, not class->key.
 	 */
 	/*
-	 * Whoops, we did it again.. ran straight out of our static allocation.
+	 * Whoops, we did it again.. class_idx is invalid.
 	 */
-	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(class_idx > MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS))
+	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!test_bit(class_idx, lock_classes_in_use)))
 		return 0;
 
 	chain_key = curr->curr_chain_key;
@@ -3894,7 +3911,7 @@ static int match_held_lock(const struct held_lock *hlock,
 		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!hlock->nest_lock))
 			return 0;
 
-		if (hlock->class_idx == class - lock_classes + 1)
+		if (hlock->class_idx == class - lock_classes)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -3988,7 +4005,7 @@ __lock_set_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 
 	lockdep_init_map(lock, name, key, 0);
 	class = register_lock_class(lock, subclass, 0);
-	hlock->class_idx = class - lock_classes + 1;
+	hlock->class_idx = class - lock_classes;
 
 	curr->lockdep_depth = i;
 	curr->curr_chain_key = hlock->prev_chain_key;
@@ -4638,7 +4655,7 @@ static void remove_class_from_lock_chain(struct pending_free *pf,
 recalc:
 	chain_key = INITIAL_CHAIN_KEY;
 	for (i = chain->base; i < chain->base + chain->depth; i++)
-		chain_key = iterate_chain_key(chain_key, chain_hlocks[i] + 1);
+		chain_key = iterate_chain_key(chain_key, chain_hlocks[i]);
 	if (chain->depth && chain->chain_key == chain_key)
 		return;
 	/* Overwrite the chain key for concurrent RCU readers. */
@@ -4712,6 +4729,7 @@ static void zap_class(struct pending_free *pf, struct lock_class *class)
 		WRITE_ONCE(class->key, NULL);
 		WRITE_ONCE(class->name, NULL);
 		nr_lock_classes--;
+		__clear_bit(class - lock_classes, lock_classes_in_use);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ONCE(true, "%s() failed for class %s\n", __func__,
 			  class->name);
@@ -5057,6 +5075,7 @@ void __init lockdep_init(void)
 
 	printk(" memory used by lock dependency info: %zu kB\n",
 	       (sizeof(lock_classes) +
+		sizeof(lock_classes_in_use) +
 		sizeof(classhash_table) +
 		sizeof(list_entries) +
 		sizeof(list_entries_in_use) +