{
        struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
        struct i2o_block_device *dev = disk->private_data;
+       int ret = -ENOTTY;
 
        /* Anyone capable of this syscall can do *real bad* things */
 
        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                return -EPERM;
 
+       lock_kernel();
        switch (cmd) {
        case BLKI2OGRSTRAT:
-               return put_user(dev->rcache, (int __user *)arg);
+               ret = put_user(dev->rcache, (int __user *)arg);
+               break;
        case BLKI2OGWSTRAT:
-               return put_user(dev->wcache, (int __user *)arg);
+               ret = put_user(dev->wcache, (int __user *)arg);
+               break;
        case BLKI2OSRSTRAT:
+               ret = -EINVAL;
                if (arg < 0 || arg > CACHE_SMARTFETCH)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       break;
                dev->rcache = arg;
+               ret = 0;
                break;
        case BLKI2OSWSTRAT:
+               ret = -EINVAL;
                if (arg != 0
                    && (arg < CACHE_WRITETHROUGH || arg > CACHE_SMARTBACK))
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       break;
                dev->wcache = arg;
+               ret = 0;
                break;
        }
-       return -ENOTTY;
+       unlock_kernel();
+
+       return ret;
 };
 
 /**
        .open = i2o_block_open,
        .release = i2o_block_release,
        .ioctl = i2o_block_ioctl,
+       .compat_ioctl = i2o_block_ioctl,
        .getgeo = i2o_block_getgeo,
        .media_changed = i2o_block_media_changed
 };