#ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE
 
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(capiminors_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(capiminors_lock);
 static struct capiminor **capiminors;
 
 static struct tty_driver *capinc_tty_driver;
        struct capiminor *mp;
        struct device *dev;
        unsigned int minor;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        mp = kzalloc(sizeof(*mp), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!mp) {
        mp->port.ops = &capiminor_port_ops;
 
        /* Allocate the least unused minor number. */
-       write_lock_irqsave(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_lock(&capiminors_lock);
        for (minor = 0; minor < capi_ttyminors; minor++)
                if (!capiminors[minor]) {
                        capiminors[minor] = mp;
                        break;
                }
-       write_unlock_irqrestore(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock(&capiminors_lock);
 
        if (minor == capi_ttyminors) {
                printk(KERN_NOTICE "capi: out of minors\n");
        return mp;
 
 err_out2:
-       write_lock_irqsave(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_lock(&capiminors_lock);
        capiminors[minor] = NULL;
-       write_unlock_irqrestore(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock(&capiminors_lock);
 
 err_out1:
        kfree(mp);
 {
        struct capiminor *mp;
 
-       read_lock(&capiminors_lock);
+       spin_lock(&capiminors_lock);
        mp = capiminors[minor];
        if (mp)
                kref_get(&mp->kref);
-       read_unlock(&capiminors_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&capiminors_lock);
 
        return mp;
 }
 
 static void capiminor_free(struct capiminor *mp)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
-
        tty_unregister_device(capinc_tty_driver, mp->minor);
 
-       write_lock_irqsave(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_lock(&capiminors_lock);
        capiminors[mp->minor] = NULL;
-       write_unlock_irqrestore(&capiminors_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock(&capiminors_lock);
 
        capiminor_put(mp);
 }