if (ret)
                goto pid_query_error;
        ret = ibnl_put_attr(skb, nlh, IFNAMSIZ,
-                               pm_msg->if_name, IWPM_NLA_REG_IF_NAME);
+                           pm_msg->if_name, IWPM_NLA_REG_IF_NAME);
        if (ret)
                goto pid_query_error;
        ret = ibnl_put_attr(skb, nlh, IWPM_DEVNAME_SIZE,
        /* always for found nlmsg_request */
        kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
        barrier();
-       wake_up(&nlmsg_request->waitq);
+       up(&nlmsg_request->sem);
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwpm_register_pid_cb);
        /* always for found request */
        kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
        barrier();
-       wake_up(&nlmsg_request->waitq);
+       up(&nlmsg_request->sem);
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwpm_add_mapping_cb);
        /* always for found request */
        kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
        barrier();
-       wake_up(&nlmsg_request->waitq);
+       up(&nlmsg_request->sem);
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwpm_add_and_query_mapping_cb);
        /* always for found request */
        kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
        barrier();
-       wake_up(&nlmsg_request->waitq);
+       up(&nlmsg_request->sem);
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwpm_mapping_error_cb);
 
 }
 
 int iwpm_get_remote_info(struct sockaddr_storage *mapped_loc_addr,
-                               struct sockaddr_storage *mapped_rem_addr,
-                               struct sockaddr_storage *remote_addr,
-                               u8 nl_client)
+                        struct sockaddr_storage *mapped_rem_addr,
+                        struct sockaddr_storage *remote_addr,
+                        u8 nl_client)
 {
        struct hlist_node *tmp_hlist_node;
        struct hlist_head *hash_bucket_head;
        nlmsg_request->nl_client = nl_client;
        nlmsg_request->request_done = 0;
        nlmsg_request->err_code = 0;
+       sema_init(&nlmsg_request->sem, 1);
+       down(&nlmsg_request->sem);
        return nlmsg_request;
 }
 
 int iwpm_wait_complete_req(struct iwpm_nlmsg_request *nlmsg_request)
 {
        int ret;
-       init_waitqueue_head(&nlmsg_request->waitq);
 
-       ret = wait_event_timeout(nlmsg_request->waitq,
-                       (nlmsg_request->request_done != 0), IWPM_NL_TIMEOUT);
-       if (!ret) {
+       ret = down_timeout(&nlmsg_request->sem, IWPM_NL_TIMEOUT);
+       if (ret) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
                pr_info("%s: Timeout %d sec for netlink request (seq = %u)\n",
                        __func__, (IWPM_NL_TIMEOUT/HZ), nlmsg_request->nlmsg_seq);