diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h
index b7b9e19..af1fc14 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 	u8	            nl_client;
 	u8                  request_done;
 	u16                 err_code;
-	wait_queue_head_t   waitq;
+	struct semaphore    sem;
 	struct kref         kref;
 };