diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 8847c8c..48c32eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -92,12 +92,8 @@
 #define wait_split_huge_page(__anon_vma, __pmd)				\
 	do {								\
 		pmd_t *____pmd = (__pmd);				\
-		spin_unlock_wait(&(__anon_vma)->root->lock);		\
-		/*							\
-		 * spin_unlock_wait() is just a loop in C and so the	\
-		 * CPU can reorder anything around it.			\
-		 */							\
-		smp_mb();						\
+		anon_vma_lock(__anon_vma);				\
+		anon_vma_unlock(__anon_vma);				\
 		BUG_ON(pmd_trans_splitting(*____pmd) ||			\
 		       pmd_trans_huge(*____pmd));			\
 	} while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index a877dfc..1d1b1e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
  * Therefore notifier chains can only be traversed when either
  *
  * 1. mmap_sem is held.
- * 2. One of the reverse map locks is held (i_mmap_mutex or anon_vma->lock).
+ * 2. One of the reverse map locks is held (i_mmap_mutex or anon_vma->mutex).
  * 3. No other concurrent thread can access the list (release)
  */
 struct mmu_notifier {
diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index 590c291..2148b12 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 
 /*
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 struct anon_vma {
 	struct anon_vma *root;	/* Root of this anon_vma tree */
-	spinlock_t lock;	/* Serialize access to vma list */
+	struct mutex mutex;	/* Serialize access to vma list */
 	/*
 	 * The refcount is taken on an anon_vma when there is no
 	 * guarantee that the vma of page tables will exist for
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
 	struct list_head same_vma;   /* locked by mmap_sem & page_table_lock */
-	struct list_head same_anon_vma;	/* locked by anon_vma->lock */
+	struct list_head same_anon_vma;	/* locked by anon_vma->mutex */
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -93,24 +93,24 @@
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	if (anon_vma)
-		spin_lock(&anon_vma->root->lock);
+		mutex_lock(&anon_vma->root->mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void vma_unlock_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	if (anon_vma)
-		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->root->lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&anon_vma->root->mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void anon_vma_lock(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	spin_lock(&anon_vma->root->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&anon_vma->root->mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void anon_vma_unlock(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->root->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&anon_vma->root->mutex);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 83326ad..90eef40 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
 		 * We can't temporarily set the pmd to null in order
 		 * to split it, the pmd must remain marked huge at all
 		 * times or the VM won't take the pmd_trans_huge paths
-		 * and it won't wait on the anon_vma->root->lock to
+		 * and it won't wait on the anon_vma->root->mutex to
 		 * serialize against split_huge_page*.
 		 */
 		pmdp_splitting_flush_notify(vma, address, pmd);
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* must be called with anon_vma->root->lock hold */
+/* must be called with anon_vma->root->mutex hold */
 static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page,
 			      struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 26efbfc..ac2631b 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2502,15 +2502,15 @@
 		 * The LSB of head.next can't change from under us
 		 * because we hold the mm_all_locks_mutex.
 		 */
-		spin_lock_nest_lock(&anon_vma->root->lock, &mm->mmap_sem);
+		mutex_lock_nest_lock(&anon_vma->root->mutex, &mm->mmap_sem);
 		/*
 		 * We can safely modify head.next after taking the
-		 * anon_vma->root->lock. If some other vma in this mm shares
+		 * anon_vma->root->mutex. If some other vma in this mm shares
 		 * the same anon_vma we won't take it again.
 		 *
 		 * No need of atomic instructions here, head.next
 		 * can't change from under us thanks to the
-		 * anon_vma->root->lock.
+		 * anon_vma->root->mutex.
 		 */
 		if (__test_and_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
 				       &anon_vma->root->head.next))
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@
  * vma in this mm is backed by the same anon_vma or address_space.
  *
  * We can take all the locks in random order because the VM code
- * taking i_mmap_mutex or anon_vma->lock outside the mmap_sem never
+ * taking i_mmap_mutex or anon_vma->mutex outside the mmap_sem never
  * takes more than one of them in a row. Secondly we're protected
  * against a concurrent mm_take_all_locks() by the mm_all_locks_mutex.
  *
@@ -2615,7 +2615,7 @@
 		 *
 		 * No need of atomic instructions here, head.next
 		 * can't change from under us until we release the
-		 * anon_vma->root->lock.
+		 * anon_vma->root->mutex.
 		 */
 		if (!__test_and_clear_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
 					  &anon_vma->root->head.next))
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index d271845..ce29d40 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  *   mm->mmap_sem
  *     page->flags PG_locked (lock_page)
  *       mapping->i_mmap_mutex
- *         anon_vma->lock
+ *         anon_vma->mutex
  *           mm->page_table_lock or pte_lock
  *             zone->lru_lock (in mark_page_accessed, isolate_lru_page)
  *             swap_lock (in swap_duplicate, swap_info_get)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *
  * (code doesn't rely on that order so it could be switched around)
  * ->tasklist_lock
- *   anon_vma->lock      (memory_failure, collect_procs_anon)
+ *   anon_vma->mutex      (memory_failure, collect_procs_anon)
  *     pte map lock
  */
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = data;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&anon_vma->lock);
+	mutex_init(&anon_vma->mutex);
 	atomic_set(&anon_vma->refcount, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&anon_vma->head);
 }
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * We need mmap_sem locking, Otherwise VM_LOCKED check makes
 	 * unstable result and race. Plus, We can't wait here because
-	 * we now hold anon_vma->lock or mapping->i_mmap_mutex.
+	 * we now hold anon_vma->mutex or mapping->i_mmap_mutex.
 	 * if trylock failed, the page remain in evictable lru and later
 	 * vmscan could retry to move the page to unevictable lru if the
 	 * page is actually mlocked.