diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index c2efa3d..3085025 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@
  */
 
 /* lookup first element intersecting start-end */
-/* Caller holds sp->lock */
+/* Caller holds sp->mutex */
 static struct sp_node *
 sp_lookup(struct shared_policy *sp, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
@@ -2121,13 +2121,13 @@
 
 	if (!sp->root.rb_node)
 		return NULL;
-	spin_lock(&sp->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&sp->mutex);
 	sn = sp_lookup(sp, idx, idx+1);
 	if (sn) {
 		mpol_get(sn->policy);
 		pol = sn->policy;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&sp->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&sp->mutex);
 	return pol;
 }
 
@@ -2167,10 +2167,10 @@
 static int shared_policy_replace(struct shared_policy *sp, unsigned long start,
 				 unsigned long end, struct sp_node *new)
 {
-	struct sp_node *n, *new2 = NULL;
+	struct sp_node *n;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-restart:
-	spin_lock(&sp->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&sp->mutex);
 	n = sp_lookup(sp, start, end);
 	/* Take care of old policies in the same range. */
 	while (n && n->start < end) {
@@ -2183,16 +2183,14 @@
 		} else {
 			/* Old policy spanning whole new range. */
 			if (n->end > end) {
+				struct sp_node *new2;
+				new2 = sp_alloc(end, n->end, n->policy);
 				if (!new2) {
-					spin_unlock(&sp->lock);
-					new2 = sp_alloc(end, n->end, n->policy);
-					if (!new2)
-						return -ENOMEM;
-					goto restart;
+					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					goto out;
 				}
 				n->end = start;
 				sp_insert(sp, new2);
-				new2 = NULL;
 				break;
 			} else
 				n->end = start;
@@ -2203,12 +2201,9 @@
 	}
 	if (new)
 		sp_insert(sp, new);
-	spin_unlock(&sp->lock);
-	if (new2) {
-		mpol_put(new2->policy);
-		kmem_cache_free(sn_cache, new2);
-	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&sp->mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2226,7 +2221,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	sp->root = RB_ROOT;		/* empty tree == default mempolicy */
-	spin_lock_init(&sp->lock);
+	mutex_init(&sp->mutex);
 
 	if (mpol) {
 		struct vm_area_struct pvma;
@@ -2292,7 +2287,7 @@
 
 	if (!p->root.rb_node)
 		return;
-	spin_lock(&p->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
 	next = rb_first(&p->root);
 	while (next) {
 		n = rb_entry(next, struct sp_node, nd);
@@ -2301,7 +2296,7 @@
 		mpol_put(n->policy);
 		kmem_cache_free(sn_cache, n);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&p->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
 }
 
 /* assumes fs == KERNEL_DS */