diff --git a/absl/synchronization/mutex.cc b/absl/synchronization/mutex.cc
index 3aa5560a32f..353a8280644 100644
--- a/absl/synchronization/mutex.cc
+++ b/absl/synchronization/mutex.cc
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ static const intptr_t kMuOne = 0x0100;  // a count of one reader
 // flags passed to Enqueue and LockSlow{,WithTimeout,Loop}
 static const int kMuHasBlocked = 0x01;  // already blocked (MUST == 1)
 static const int kMuIsCond = 0x02;      // conditional waiter (CV or Condition)
+static const int kMuIsFer = 0x04;       // wait morphing from a CondVar
 
 static_assert(PerThreadSynch::kAlignment > kMuLow,
               "PerThreadSynch::kAlignment must be greater than kMuLow");
@@ -920,20 +921,23 @@ static PerThreadSynch* Enqueue(PerThreadSynch* head, SynchWaitParams* waitp,
   s->wake = false;     // not being woken
   s->cond_waiter = ((flags & kMuIsCond) != 0);
 #ifdef ABSL_HAVE_PTHREAD_GETSCHEDPARAM
-  int64_t now_cycles = CycleClock::Now();
-  if (s->next_priority_read_cycles < now_cycles) {
-    // Every so often, update our idea of the thread's priority.
-    // pthread_getschedparam() is 5% of the block/wakeup time;
-    // CycleClock::Now() is 0.5%.
-    int policy;
-    struct sched_param param;
-    const int err = pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &policy, &param);
-    if (err != 0) {
-      ABSL_RAW_LOG(ERROR, "pthread_getschedparam failed: %d", err);
-    } else {
-      s->priority = param.sched_priority;
-      s->next_priority_read_cycles =
-          now_cycles + static_cast<int64_t>(CycleClock::Frequency());
+  if ((flags & kMuIsFer) == 0) {
+    assert(s == Synch_GetPerThread());
+    int64_t now_cycles = CycleClock::Now();
+    if (s->next_priority_read_cycles < now_cycles) {
+      // Every so often, update our idea of the thread's priority.
+      // pthread_getschedparam() is 5% of the block/wakeup time;
+      // CycleClock::Now() is 0.5%.
+      int policy;
+      struct sched_param param;
+      const int err = pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &policy, &param);
+      if (err != 0) {
+        ABSL_RAW_LOG(ERROR, "pthread_getschedparam failed: %d", err);
+      } else {
+        s->priority = param.sched_priority;
+        s->next_priority_read_cycles =
+            now_cycles + static_cast<int64_t>(CycleClock::Frequency());
+      }
     }
   }
 #endif
@@ -2436,7 +2440,8 @@ void Mutex::Fer(PerThreadSynch* w) {
     } else {
       if ((v & (kMuSpin | kMuWait)) == 0) {  // no waiters
         // This thread tries to become the one and only waiter.
-        PerThreadSynch* new_h = Enqueue(nullptr, w->waitp, v, kMuIsCond);
+        PerThreadSynch* new_h =
+            Enqueue(nullptr, w->waitp, v, kMuIsCond | kMuIsFer);
         ABSL_RAW_CHECK(new_h != nullptr,
                        "Enqueue failed");  // we must queue ourselves
         if (mu_.compare_exchange_strong(
@@ -2447,7 +2452,7 @@ void Mutex::Fer(PerThreadSynch* w) {
       } else if ((v & kMuSpin) == 0 &&
                  mu_.compare_exchange_strong(v, v | kMuSpin | kMuWait)) {
         PerThreadSynch* h = GetPerThreadSynch(v);
-        PerThreadSynch* new_h = Enqueue(h, w->waitp, v, kMuIsCond);
+        PerThreadSynch* new_h = Enqueue(h, w->waitp, v, kMuIsCond | kMuIsFer);
         ABSL_RAW_CHECK(new_h != nullptr,
                        "Enqueue failed");  // we must queue ourselves
         do {
diff --git a/absl/synchronization/mutex_test.cc b/absl/synchronization/mutex_test.cc
index b585c342e6b..0bca46c5a54 100644
--- a/absl/synchronization/mutex_test.cc
+++ b/absl/synchronization/mutex_test.cc
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@
 #include "absl/log/check.h"
 #include "absl/log/log.h"
 #include "absl/memory/memory.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/internal/create_thread_identity.h"
 #include "absl/synchronization/internal/thread_pool.h"
 #include "absl/time/clock.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"
 
+#ifdef ABSL_HAVE_PTHREAD_GETSCHEDPARAM
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace {
 
 // TODO(dmauro): Replace with a commandline flag.
@@ -1868,6 +1874,60 @@ TEST(Mutex, WriterPriority) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(saw_wrote.load());
 }
 
+#ifdef ABSL_HAVE_PTHREAD_GETSCHEDPARAM
+TEST(Mutex, CondVarPriority) {
+  // A regression test for a bug in condition variable wait morphing,
+  // which resulted in the waiting thread getting priority of the waking thread.
+  int err = 0;
+  sched_param param;
+  param.sched_priority = 7;
+  std::thread test([&]() {
+    err = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+  });
+  test.join();
+  if (err) {
+    // Setting priority usually requires special privileges.
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "failed to set priority: " << strerror(err);
+  }
+  absl::Mutex mu;
+  absl::CondVar cv;
+  bool locked = false;
+  bool notified = false;
+  bool waiting = false;
+  bool morph = false;
+  std::thread th([&]() {
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_FIFO, &param));
+    mu.Lock();
+    locked = true;
+    mu.Await(absl::Condition(&notified));
+    mu.Unlock();
+    EXPECT_EQ(absl::synchronization_internal::GetOrCreateCurrentThreadIdentity()
+                  ->per_thread_synch.priority,
+              param.sched_priority);
+    mu.Lock();
+    mu.Await(absl::Condition(&waiting));
+    morph = true;
+    absl::SleepFor(absl::Seconds(1));
+    cv.Signal();
+    mu.Unlock();
+  });
+  mu.Lock();
+  mu.Await(absl::Condition(&locked));
+  notified = true;
+  mu.Unlock();
+  mu.Lock();
+  waiting = true;
+  while (!morph) {
+    cv.Wait(&mu);
+  }
+  mu.Unlock();
+  th.join();
+  EXPECT_NE(absl::synchronization_internal::GetOrCreateCurrentThreadIdentity()
+                ->per_thread_synch.priority,
+            param.sched_priority);
+}
+#endif
+
 TEST(Mutex, LockWhenWithTimeoutResult) {
   // Check various corner cases for Await/LockWhen return value
   // with always true/always false conditions.