diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 3504ef0..1c3f262 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@
 	return has_locks;
 }
 
+void
+cifs_down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	while (!down_write_trylock(sem))
+		msleep(10);
+}
+
 struct cifsFileInfo *
 cifs_new_fileinfo(struct cifs_fid *fid, struct file *file,
 		  struct tcon_link *tlink, __u32 oplock)
@@ -305,7 +312,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fdlocks->locks);
 	fdlocks->cfile = cfile;
 	cfile->llist = fdlocks;
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 	list_add(&fdlocks->llist, &cinode->llist);
 	up_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 
@@ -457,7 +464,7 @@
 	 * Delete any outstanding lock records. We'll lose them when the file
 	 * is closed anyway.
 	 */
-	down_write(&cifsi->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cifsi->lock_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(li, tmp, &cifs_file->llist->locks, llist) {
 		list_del(&li->llist);
 		cifs_del_lock_waiters(li);
@@ -1011,7 +1018,7 @@
 cifs_lock_add(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile, struct cifsLockInfo *lock)
 {
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(d_inode(cfile->dentry));
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 	list_add_tail(&lock->llist, &cfile->llist->locks);
 	up_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 }
@@ -1033,7 +1040,7 @@
 
 try_again:
 	exist = false;
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 
 	exist = cifs_find_lock_conflict(cfile, lock->offset, lock->length,
 					lock->type, &conf_lock, CIFS_LOCK_OP);
@@ -1055,7 +1062,7 @@
 					(lock->blist.next == &lock->blist));
 		if (!rc)
 			goto try_again;
-		down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+		cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 		list_del_init(&lock->blist);
 	}
 
@@ -1108,7 +1115,7 @@
 		return rc;
 
 try_again:
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 	if (!cinode->can_cache_brlcks) {
 		up_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 		return rc;
@@ -1312,7 +1319,7 @@
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	/* we are going to update can_cache_brlcks here - need a write access */
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 	if (!cinode->can_cache_brlcks) {
 		up_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 		return rc;
@@ -1501,7 +1508,7 @@
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
+	cifs_down_write(&cinode->lock_sem);
 	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
 		cur = buf;
 		num = 0;