if (!iter->walker)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ht->mutex);
+       spin_lock(&ht->lock);
        iter->walker->tbl = rht_dereference(ht->tbl, ht);
        list_add(&iter->walker->list, &iter->walker->tbl->walkers);
-       mutex_unlock(&ht->mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&ht->lock);
 
        return 0;
 }
  */
 void rhashtable_walk_exit(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 {
-       mutex_lock(&iter->ht->mutex);
+       spin_lock(&iter->ht->lock);
        if (iter->walker->tbl)
                list_del(&iter->walker->list);
-       mutex_unlock(&iter->ht->mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&iter->ht->lock);
        kfree(iter->walker);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_exit);
 {
        struct rhashtable *ht = iter->ht;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ht->mutex);
+       rcu_read_lock();
 
+       spin_lock(&ht->lock);
        if (iter->walker->tbl)
                list_del(&iter->walker->list);
-
-       rcu_read_lock();
-
-       mutex_unlock(&ht->mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&ht->lock);
 
        if (!iter->walker->tbl) {
                iter->walker->tbl = rht_dereference_rcu(ht->tbl, ht);