diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 3e1cc06..b21d11b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	loff_t			pos;
 	char			* page;
 	struct sysfs_ops	* ops;
-	struct semaphore	sem;
+	struct mutex		mutex;
 	int			needs_read_fill;
 	int			event;
 };
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data;
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
 
-	down(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
 		retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
 		if (retval)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 	retval = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, buffer->page,
 					 buffer->count);
 out:
-	up(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -228,13 +228,13 @@
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data;
 	ssize_t len;
 
-	down(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	len = fill_write_buffer(buffer, buf, count);
 	if (len > 0)
 		len = flush_write_buffer(file->f_path.dentry, buffer, len);
 	if (len > 0)
 		*ppos += len;
-	up(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 	return len;
 }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 	if (!buffer)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_init(&buffer->mutex);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
 	buffer->ops = ops;
 	file->private_data = buffer;