diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 53385cd4e6f0..ce7a8cc7b404 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_print_oom_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
 	 * protects memcg_name and makes sure that parallel ooms do not
 	 * interleave
 	 */
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(oom_info_lock);
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(oom_info_lock);
 	struct cgroup *task_cgrp;
 	struct cgroup *mem_cgrp;
 	static char memcg_name[PATH_MAX];
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_print_oom_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (!p)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&oom_info_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&oom_info_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	mem_cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_print_oom_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct task_struct *p)
 
 		pr_cont("\n");
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&oom_info_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&oom_info_lock);
 }
 
 /*