diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index d695ce71837e61..8bf34d9f27e55c 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
@@ -1961,14 +1962,14 @@ static void smc_core_going_away(void)
 	struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev;
 	struct smcd_dev *smcd;
 
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(smcibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < SMC_MAX_PORTS; i++)
 			set_bit(i, smcibdev->ports_going_away);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 
 	spin_lock(&smcd_dev_list.lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(smcd, &smcd_dev_list.list, list) {
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
index 562a52d01ad161..7637fdebbb78f7 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_cache.h>
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 #define SMC_QP_RNR_RETRY			7 /* 7: infinite */
 
 struct smc_ib_devices smc_ib_devices = {	/* smc-registered ib devices */
-	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(smc_ib_devices.lock),
+	.mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(smc_ib_devices.mutex),
 	.list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(smc_ib_devices.list),
 };
 
@@ -565,9 +566,9 @@ static int smc_ib_add_dev(struct ib_device *ibdev)
 	INIT_WORK(&smcibdev->port_event_work, smc_ib_port_event_work);
 	atomic_set(&smcibdev->lnk_cnt, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&smcibdev->lnks_deleted);
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&smcibdev->list, &smc_ib_devices.list);
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	ib_set_client_data(ibdev, &smc_ib_client, smcibdev);
 	INIT_IB_EVENT_HANDLER(&smcibdev->event_handler, smcibdev->ibdev,
 			      smc_ib_global_event_handler);
@@ -602,9 +603,9 @@ static void smc_ib_remove_dev(struct ib_device *ibdev, void *client_data)
 {
 	struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev = client_data;
 
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_del_init(&smcibdev->list); /* remove from smc_ib_devices */
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	pr_warn_ratelimited("smc: removing ib device %s\n",
 			    smcibdev->ibdev->name);
 	smc_smcr_terminate_all(smcibdev);
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.h b/net/smc/smc_ib.h
index e6a696ae15f3e5..ae6776e1e7264a 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <net/smc.h>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 
 struct smc_ib_devices {			/* list of smc ib devices definition */
 	struct list_head	list;
-	spinlock_t		lock;	/* protects list of smc ib devices */
+	struct mutex		mutex;	/* protects list of smc ib devices */
 };
 
 extern struct smc_ib_devices	smc_ib_devices; /* list of smc ib devices */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index 014d91b9778ec4..d4aac31d39f5a7 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ static int smc_pnet_remove_by_pnetid(struct net *net, char *pnet_name)
 		return rc;
 
 	/* remove ib devices */
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
 		for (ibport = 0; ibport < SMC_MAX_PORTS; ibport++) {
 			if (ibdev->pnetid_by_user[ibport] &&
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ static int smc_pnet_remove_by_pnetid(struct net *net, char *pnet_name)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	/* remove smcd devices */
 	spin_lock(&smcd_dev_list.lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(smcd_dev, &smcd_dev_list.list, list) {
@@ -240,14 +241,14 @@ static bool smc_pnet_apply_ib(struct smc_ib_device *ib_dev, u8 ib_port,
 	u8 pnet_null[SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN] = {0};
 	bool applied = false;
 
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	if (smc_pnet_match(ib_dev->pnetid[ib_port - 1], pnet_null)) {
 		memcpy(ib_dev->pnetid[ib_port - 1], pnet_name,
 		       SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN);
 		ib_dev->pnetid_by_user[ib_port - 1] = true;
 		applied = true;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	return applied;
 }
 
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ static struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name)
 {
 	struct smc_ib_device *ibdev;
 
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
 		if (!strncmp(ibdev->ibdev->name, ib_name,
 			     sizeof(ibdev->ibdev->name)) ||
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ static struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name)
 	}
 	ibdev = NULL;
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	return ibdev;
 }
 
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@ static void _smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(u8 *pnet_id,
 	int i;
 
 	ini->ib_dev = NULL;
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
 		if (ibdev == known_dev)
 			continue;
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ static void _smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(u8 *pnet_id,
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 }
 
 /* find alternate roce device with same pnet_id and vlan_id */
@@ -863,7 +864,7 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct smc_ib_device *ibdev;
 
-	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
 		struct net_device *ndev;
 		int i;
@@ -888,7 +889,7 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(struct net_device *netdev,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.mutex);
 }
 
 /* Determine the corresponding IB device port based on the hardware PNETID.