lgr->freefast = 0;
        lgr->freeing = 0;
        lgr->vlan_id = ini->vlan_id;
-       rwlock_init(&lgr->sndbufs_lock);
-       rwlock_init(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
+       mutex_init(&lgr->sndbufs_lock);
+       mutex_init(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
        rwlock_init(&lgr->conns_lock);
        for (i = 0; i < SMC_RMBE_SIZES; i++) {
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lgr->sndbufs[i]);
        }
        if (rmb_desc->is_reg_err) {
                /* buf registration failed, reuse not possible */
-               write_lock_bh(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
+               mutex_lock(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
                list_del(&rmb_desc->list);
-               write_unlock_bh(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
+               mutex_unlock(&lgr->rmbs_lock);
 
                smc_buf_free(lgr, true, rmb_desc);
        } else {
  * buffer size; if not available, return NULL
  */
 static struct smc_buf_desc *smc_buf_get_slot(int compressed_bufsize,
-                                            rwlock_t *lock,
+                                            struct mutex *lock,
                                             struct list_head *buf_list)
 {
        struct smc_buf_desc *buf_slot;
 
-       read_lock_bh(lock);
+       mutex_lock(lock);
        list_for_each_entry(buf_slot, buf_list, list) {
                if (cmpxchg(&buf_slot->used, 0, 1) == 0) {
-                       read_unlock_bh(lock);
+                       mutex_unlock(lock);
                        return buf_slot;
                }
        }
-       read_unlock_bh(lock);
+       mutex_unlock(lock);
        return NULL;
 }
 
        struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
        struct list_head *buf_list;
        int bufsize, bufsize_short;
+       struct mutex *lock;     /* lock buffer list */
        int sk_buf_size;
-       rwlock_t *lock;
 
        if (is_rmb)
                /* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
                        continue;
 
                buf_desc->used = 1;
-               write_lock_bh(lock);
+               mutex_lock(lock);
                list_add(&buf_desc->list, buf_list);
-               write_unlock_bh(lock);
+               mutex_unlock(lock);
                break; /* found */
        }
 
 
        unsigned short          vlan_id;        /* vlan id of link group */
 
        struct list_head        sndbufs[SMC_RMBE_SIZES];/* tx buffers */
-       rwlock_t                sndbufs_lock;   /* protects tx buffers */
+       struct mutex            sndbufs_lock;   /* protects tx buffers */
        struct list_head        rmbs[SMC_RMBE_SIZES];   /* rx buffers */
-       rwlock_t                rmbs_lock;      /* protects rx buffers */
+       struct mutex            rmbs_lock;      /* protects rx buffers */
 
        u8                      id[SMC_LGR_ID_SIZE];    /* unique lgr id */
        struct delayed_work     free_work;      /* delayed freeing of an lgr */