diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index d48caee..109b261 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
 	if (TestSetPageDirty(page))
 		return 0;
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	if (page->mapping) {	/* Race with truncate? */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(warn && !PageUptodate(page));
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@
 		radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
 				page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
 	}
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index c36d948..35b6414 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_devices);
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&inode->i_data.page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	rwlock_init(&inode->i_data.tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.tree_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.i_mmap_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_data.private_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.private_lock);
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
index 70b0fe7..03cf1ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@
 }
 
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) \
-	write_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) \
-	write_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 
 #define flush_icache_user_range(vma,page,addr,len) \
 	flush_dcache_page(page)
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
index 2f1e1b0..b7ca6dc 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) \
-	write_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) \
-	write_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 
 #define flush_icache_page(vma,page)	do { 		\
 	flush_kernel_dcache_page(page);			\
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 49d8eb7..53d2edb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 struct address_space {
 	struct inode		*host;		/* owner: inode, block_device */
 	struct radix_tree_root	page_tree;	/* radix tree of all pages */
-	rwlock_t		tree_lock;	/* and rwlock protecting it */
+	spinlock_t		tree_lock;	/* and lock protecting it */
 	unsigned int		i_mmap_writable;/* count VM_SHARED mappings */
 	struct prio_tree_root	i_mmap;		/* tree of private and shared mappings */
 	struct list_head	i_mmap_nonlinear;/*list VM_NONLINEAR mappings */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index feb8448..2ed8b03 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 /*
  * Remove a page from the page cache and free it. Caller has to make
  * sure the page is locked and that nobody else uses it - or that usage
- * is safe.  The caller must hold a write_lock on the mapping's tree_lock.
+ * is safe.  The caller must hold the mapping's tree_lock.
  */
 void __remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
 {
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 }
 
 static int sync_page(void *word)
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 		page->mapping = mapping;
 		page->index = offset;
 
-		write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, page);
 		if (likely(!error)) {
 			mapping->nrpages++;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
 			page_cache_release(page);
 		}
 
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		radix_tree_preload_end();
 	} else
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 3ca6392..153572f 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 
 	pslot = radix_tree_lookup_slot(&mapping->page_tree,
  					page_index(page));
@@ -331,12 +331,12 @@
 	expected_count = 2 + !!PagePrivate(page);
 	if (page_count(page) != expected_count ||
 			(struct page *)radix_tree_deref_slot(pslot) != page) {
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	if (!page_freeze_refs(page, expected_count)) {
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
@@ -373,10 +373,9 @@
 	__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 	__inc_zone_page_state(newpage, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
-	if (!PageSwapCache(newpage)) {
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	if (!PageSwapCache(newpage))
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 94c6d89..24de8b6 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@
 		if (!mapping)
 			return 1;
 
-		write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
 		if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
 			BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
 				page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (mapping->host) {
 			/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
 			__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
 		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
 		if (ret) {
 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
 				__bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
 			}
 		}
-		write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
 	}
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@
 		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
 		if (!ret) {
 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@
 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
-		write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
 	}
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 3e3381d..2c217e3 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 struct address_space swapper_space = {
 	.page_tree	= RADIX_TREE_INIT(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN),
-	.tree_lock	= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(swapper_space.tree_lock),
+	.tree_lock	= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(swapper_space.tree_lock),
 	.a_ops		= &swap_aops,
 	.i_mmap_nonlinear = LIST_HEAD_INIT(swapper_space.i_mmap_nonlinear),
 	.backing_dev_info = &swap_backing_dev_info,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		SetPageSwapCache(page);
 		set_page_private(page, entry.val);
 
-		write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		error = radix_tree_insert(&swapper_space.page_tree,
 						entry.val, page);
 		if (likely(!error)) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 			__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 			INC_CACHE_INFO(add_total);
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		radix_tree_preload_end();
 
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@
 
 	entry.val = page_private(page);
 
-	write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 	__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 
 	swap_free(entry);
 	page_cache_release(page);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 2f33edb..af28393 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -369,13 +369,13 @@
 	retval = 0;
 	if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) {
 		/* Recheck the page count with the swapcache lock held.. */
-		write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		if ((page_count(page) == 2) && !PageWriteback(page)) {
 			__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
 			SetPageDirty(page);
 			retval = 1;
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index b8961cb..e68443d 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -349,18 +349,18 @@
 	if (PagePrivate(page) && !try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return 0;
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	if (PageDirty(page))
 		goto failed;
 
 	BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
 	__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	ClearPageUptodate(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);	/* pagecache ref */
 	return 1;
 failed:
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0075eac..8f71761 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	/*
 	 * The non racy check for a busy page.
 	 *
@@ -436,17 +436,17 @@
 	if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
 		swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
 		__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		swap_free(swap);
 	} else {
 		__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
 
 cannot_free:
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	return 0;
 }