*/
 __le16 decnet_address = 0;
 
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(dndev_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dndev_lock);
 static struct net_device *decnet_default_device;
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(dnaddr_chain);
 
 struct net_device *dn_dev_get_default(void)
 {
        struct net_device *dev;
-       read_lock(&dndev_lock);
+
+       spin_lock(&dndev_lock);
        dev = decnet_default_device;
        if (dev) {
                if (dev->dn_ptr)
                else
                        dev = NULL;
        }
-       read_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+
        return dev;
 }
 
        int rv = -EBUSY;
        if (!dev->dn_ptr)
                return -ENODEV;
-       write_lock(&dndev_lock);
+
+       spin_lock(&dndev_lock);
        if (force || decnet_default_device == NULL) {
                old = decnet_default_device;
                decnet_default_device = dev;
                rv = 0;
        }
-       write_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+
        if (old)
                dev_put(old);
        return rv;
 
 static void dn_dev_check_default(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-       write_lock(&dndev_lock);
+       spin_lock(&dndev_lock);
        if (dev == decnet_default_device) {
                decnet_default_device = NULL;
        } else {
                dev = NULL;
        }
-       write_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&dndev_lock);
+
        if (dev)
                dev_put(dev);
 }