diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index d367803..49bd219 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 	int error;
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 
-	down(&p->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&p->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	*d = lookup_one_len(n, p, strlen(n));
 	if (!IS_ERR(*d)) {
 		error = sysfs_make_dirent(p->d_fsdata, *d, k, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 		dput(*d);
 	} else
 		error = PTR_ERR(*d);
-	up(&p->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&p->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	struct dentry * parent = dget(d->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
-	down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	d_delete(d);
 	sd = d->d_fsdata;
  	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 	pr_debug(" o %s removing done (%d)\n",d->d_name.name,
 		 atomic_read(&d->d_count));
 
-	up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(parent);
 }
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	pr_debug("sysfs %s: removing dir\n",dentry->d_name.name);
-	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_element || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 		sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry);
 		sysfs_put(sd);
 	}
-	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	remove_dir(dentry);
 	/**
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 	down_write(&sysfs_rename_sem);
 	parent = kobj->parent->dentry;
 
-	down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, parent, strlen(new_name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 			error = -EEXIST;
 		dput(new_dentry);
 	}
-	up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);	
+	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	up_write(&sysfs_rename_sem);
 
 	return error;
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@
 	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
-	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	file->private_data = sysfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, NULL);
-	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@
 	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * cursor = file->private_data;
 
-	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	list_del_init(&cursor->s_sibling);
-	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	release_sysfs_dirent(cursor);
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
 
-	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (origin) {
 		case 1:
 			offset += file->f_pos;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 			if (offset >= 0)
 				break;
 		default:
-			up(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+			mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 			list_add_tail(&cursor->s_sibling, p);
 		}
 	}
-	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return offset;
 }
 
@@ -483,4 +483,3 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_rename_dir);
-