diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index e0aca9a..0542b6e 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  *
  *  isofs directory handling functions
  */
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include "isofs.h"
 
@@ -255,18 +254,19 @@
 	char *tmpname;
 	struct iso_directory_record *tmpde;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	tmpname = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tmpname == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	tmpde = (struct iso_directory_record *) (tmpname+1024);
 
 	result = do_isofs_readdir(inode, filp, dirent, filldir, tmpname, tmpde);
 
 	free_page((unsigned long) tmpname);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 05baf772..09ff41a 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/nls.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/statfs.h>
 #include <linux/cdrom.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
@@ -44,11 +43,7 @@
 	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(sb);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	unload_nls(sbi->s_nls_iocharset);
-
-	unlock_kernel();
 #endif
 
 	kfree(sbi);
@@ -571,15 +566,11 @@
 	int table, error = -EINVAL;
 	unsigned int vol_desc_start;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	save_mount_options(s, data);
 
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sbi) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	s->s_fs_info = sbi;
 
 	if (!parse_options((char *)data, &opt))
@@ -827,6 +818,7 @@
 	sbi->s_utf8 = opt.utf8;
 	sbi->s_nocompress = opt.nocompress;
 	sbi->s_overriderockperm = opt.overriderockperm;
+	mutex_init(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * It would be incredibly stupid to allow people to mark every file
 	 * on the disk as suid, so we merely allow them to set the default
@@ -904,7 +896,6 @@
 
 	kfree(opt.iocharset);
 
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -944,7 +935,6 @@
 	kfree(opt.iocharset);
 	kfree(sbi);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -983,8 +973,6 @@
 	int section, rv, error;
 	struct iso_inode_info *ei = ISOFS_I(inode);
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	error = -EIO;
 	rv = 0;
 	if (iblock < 0 || iblock != iblock_s) {
@@ -1060,7 +1048,6 @@
 
 	error = 0;
 abort:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return rv != 0 ? rv : error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/isofs.h b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
index 7d33de8..2882dc0 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/isofs.h
+++ b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 	gid_t s_gid;
 	uid_t s_uid;
 	struct nls_table *s_nls_iocharset; /* Native language support table */
+	struct mutex s_mutex; /* replaces BKL, please remove if possible */
 };
 
 #define ISOFS_INVALID_MODE ((mode_t) -1)
diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index ab438be..0d23abf 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  *  (C) 1991  Linus Torvalds - minix filesystem
  */
 
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include "isofs.h"
 
@@ -168,6 +167,7 @@
 	int found;
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(block);
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(offset);
+	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct page *page;
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 	if (!page)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	found = isofs_find_entry(dir, dentry,
 				&block, &offset,
 				page_address(page),
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
 	if (found) {
 		inode = isofs_iget(dir->i_sb, block, offset);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-			unlock_kernel();
+			mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 			return ERR_CAST(inode);
 		}
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
diff --git a/fs/isofs/rock.c b/fs/isofs/rock.c
index 96a685c..f9cd04d 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/rock.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/rock.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #include "isofs.h"
 #include "rock.h"
@@ -661,6 +660,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct iso_inode_info *ei = ISOFS_I(inode);
+	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	char *link = kmap(page);
 	unsigned long bufsize = ISOFS_BUFFER_SIZE(inode);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -673,12 +673,12 @@
 	struct rock_state rs;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!ISOFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_rock)
+	if (!sbi->s_rock)
 		goto error;
 
 	init_rock_state(&rs, inode);
 	block = ei->i_iget5_block;
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
 	if (!bh)
 		goto out_noread;
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
 		goto fail;
 	brelse(bh);
 	*rpnt = '\0';
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
 	kunmap(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
 	printk("symlink spans iso9660 blocks\n");
 fail:
 	brelse(bh);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 error:
 	SetPageError(page);
 	kunmap(page);