diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 2568eb4..9ccc7d8 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -588,11 +588,11 @@
 		case 2: set_bit(Enabled, &e->flags);
 			break;
 		case 3: root = dget(file->f_vfsmnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
-			down(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+			mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 			kill_node(e);
 
-			up(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+			mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			dput(root);
 			break;
 		default: return res;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(e);
 
 	root = dget(sb->s_root);
-	down(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(e->name, root, strlen(e->name));
 	err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
 out2:
 	dput(dentry);
 out:
-	up(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(root);
 
 	if (err) {
@@ -703,12 +703,12 @@
 		case 1: enabled = 0; break;
 		case 2: enabled = 1; break;
 		case 3: root = dget(file->f_vfsmnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
-			down(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+			mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 			while (!list_empty(&entries))
 				kill_node(list_entry(entries.next, Node, list));
 
-			up(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+			mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			dput(root);
 		default: return res;
 	}