diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c b/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
index 7baf1b644039dd0e9282661051760eba8f20d010..4ad4d2c91075f1e335cc7f6ea8fb1e5ddef757f8 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>		/* request_region */
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define DRIVER_NAME	"d7s"
 #define PFX		DRIVER_NAME ": "
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(d7s_mutex);
 static int sol_compat = 0;		/* Solaris compatibility mode	*/
 
 /* Solaris compatibility flag -
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ static int d7s_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
 {
 	if (D7S_MINOR != iminor(inode))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
 	atomic_inc(&d7s_users);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static long d7s_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	if (D7S_MINOR != iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&d7s_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case D7SIOCWR:
 		/* assign device register values we mask-out D7S_FLIP
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static long d7s_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		writeb(regs, p->regs);
 		break;
 	};
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&d7s_mutex);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c b/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
index c8166ecf527601423681e0311bfa9ad28de4acb4..bd0bbc621351db63966af1558a1d7bb8ab14bfce 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 
@@ -699,7 +698,6 @@ envctrl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 static int
 envctrl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c b/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
index 368d66294d831ea8fdba4ef0e1e66c92b7f5fd87..ed9494e1885995568c478e28fdbc50e9cb6c71b4 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/flash.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/upa.h>
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(flash_mutex);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(flash_lock);
 static struct {
 	unsigned long read_base;	/* Physical read address */
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ flash_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static long long
 flash_llseek(struct file *file, long long offset, int origin)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&flash_mutex);
 	switch (origin) {
 		case 0:
 			file->f_pos = offset;
@@ -94,10 +95,10 @@ flash_llseek(struct file *file, long long offset, int origin)
 			file->f_pos = flash.read_size;
 			break;
 		default:
-			unlock_kernel();
+			mutex_unlock(&flash_mutex);
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&flash_mutex);
 	return file->f_pos;
 }
 
@@ -125,13 +126,13 @@ flash_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 static int
 flash_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&flash_mutex);
 	if (test_and_set_bit(0, (void *)&flash.busy) != 0) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+		mutex_unlock(&flash_mutex);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&flash_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c b/drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c
index aacbe14e2e7aa76c0180a4e269ec23aa04aae5a8..8d6e508222b84529744e97c2906a084d0ee3375a 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef struct openprom_private_data
 } DATA;
 
 /* ID of the PROM node containing all of the EEPROM options. */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(openprom_mutex);
 static struct device_node *options_node;
 
 /*
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ static long openprom_sunos_ioctl(struct file * file,
 	if (bufsize < 0)
 		return bufsize;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&openprom_mutex);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case OPROMGETOPT:
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ static long openprom_sunos_ioctl(struct file * file,
 	}
 
 	kfree(opp);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&openprom_mutex);
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -558,7 +559,7 @@ static int openprom_bsd_ioctl(struct file * file,
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&openprom_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case OPIOCGET:
 		err = opiocget(argp, data);
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ static int openprom_bsd_ioctl(struct file * file,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	};
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&openprom_mutex);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -697,11 +698,11 @@ static int openprom_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&openprom_mutex);
 	data->current_node = of_find_node_by_path("/");
 	data->lastnode = data->current_node;
 	file->private_data = (void *) data;
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&openprom_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/uctrl.c b/drivers/sbus/char/uctrl.c
index 5f253665a1da862b2c3d3159ab426485b4b6a16e..079da4cb45a5d951e719475893226df4cc08cf15 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/uctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/uctrl.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct ts102_regs {
 #define UCTRL_STAT_RXNE_STA        0x04    /* receive FIFO not empty status */
 #define UCTRL_STAT_RXO_STA         0x08    /* receive FIFO overflow status */
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(uctrl_mutex);
 static const char *uctrl_extstatus[16] = {
         "main power available",
         "internal battery attached",
@@ -210,10 +211,10 @@ uctrl_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 static int
 uctrl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&uctrl_mutex);
 	uctrl_get_event_status(global_driver);
 	uctrl_get_external_status(global_driver);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&uctrl_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }