diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 681782c..4de0345 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -196,22 +196,22 @@
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	if (unlikely(sbi->n_orphans >= sbi->max_orphans))
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 	else
 		sbi->n_orphans++;
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 
 	return err;
 }
 
 void release_orphan_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	f2fs_bug_on(sbi->n_orphans == 0);
 	sbi->n_orphans--;
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 }
 
 void add_orphan_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@
 	new = f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(orphan_entry_slab, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	new->ino = ino;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	head = &sbi->orphan_inode_list;
 	list_for_each(this, head) {
 		orphan = list_entry(this, struct orphan_inode_entry, list);
 		if (orphan->ino == ino) {
-			mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 			kmem_cache_free(orphan_entry_slab, new);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 		list_add(&new->list, this->prev);
 	else
 		list_add_tail(&new->list, head);
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 }
 
 void remove_orphan_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	struct list_head *head;
 	struct orphan_inode_entry *orphan;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	head = &sbi->orphan_inode_list;
 	list_for_each_entry(orphan, head, list) {
 		if (orphan->ino == ino) {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 }
 
 static void recover_orphan_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		pages[index] = grab_meta_page(sbi, start_blk + index);
 
 	index = 1;
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	head = &sbi->orphan_inode_list;
 
 	/* loop for each orphan inode entry and write them in Jornal block */
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 		f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 }
 
 static struct page *validate_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
 
 void init_orphan_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	mutex_init(&sbi->orphan_inode_mutex);
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->orphan_inode_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->orphan_inode_list);
 	sbi->n_orphans = 0;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 8466b5e..ee304fb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 
 	/* for orphan inode management */
 	struct list_head orphan_inode_list;	/* orphan inode list */
-	struct mutex orphan_inode_mutex;	/* for orphan inode list */
+	spinlock_t orphan_inode_lock;		/* for orphan inode list */
 	unsigned int n_orphans;			/* # of orphan inodes */
 	unsigned int max_orphans;		/* max orphan inodes */