* Semaphore to serialise link/link calls to prevent two link calls in parallel
  * introducing a cycle.
  */
-static DECLARE_RWSEM(keyring_serialise_link_sem);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(keyring_serialise_link_lock);
 
 /*
  * Publish the name of a keyring so that it can be found by name (if it has
                     const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
                     struct assoc_array_edit **_edit)
        __acquires(&keyring->sem)
-       __acquires(&keyring_serialise_link_sem)
+       __acquires(&keyring_serialise_link_lock)
 {
        struct assoc_array_edit *edit;
        int ret;
        /* serialise link/link calls to prevent parallel calls causing a cycle
         * when linking two keyring in opposite orders */
        if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
-               down_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
+               mutex_lock(&keyring_serialise_link_lock);
 
        /* Create an edit script that will insert/replace the key in the
         * keyring tree.
        assoc_array_cancel_edit(edit);
 error_sem:
        if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
-               up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
+               mutex_unlock(&keyring_serialise_link_lock);
 error_krsem:
        up_write(&keyring->sem);
        kleave(" = %d", ret);
                    const struct keyring_index_key *index_key,
                    struct assoc_array_edit *edit)
        __releases(&keyring->sem)
-       __releases(&keyring_serialise_link_sem)
+       __releases(&keyring_serialise_link_lock)
 {
        BUG_ON(index_key->type == NULL);
        kenter("%d,%s,", keyring->serial, index_key->type->name);
 
        if (index_key->type == &key_type_keyring)
-               up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem);
+               mutex_unlock(&keyring_serialise_link_lock);
 
        if (edit) {
                if (!edit->dead_leaf) {