diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
index 4910bca52640ed0bf67d9833a9595f23c41f44fa..c6df2925ebd0f0e03b2416618d493ddc8951be9c 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 				} else {
 					s = NULL;
 				}
-				ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+				ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 				if( ret ) return ret;
 				if ((s = isdn_net_new(s, NULL))) {
 					if (copy_to_user(argp, s, strlen(s) + 1)){
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 					}
 				} else
 					ret = -ENODEV;
-				up(&dev->sem);
+				mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 				return ret;
 			case IIOCNETASL:
 				/* Add a slave to a network-interface */
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 						return -EFAULT;
 				} else
 					return -EINVAL;
-				ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+				ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 				if( ret ) return ret;
 				if ((s = isdn_net_newslave(bname))) {
 					if (copy_to_user(argp, s, strlen(s) + 1)){
@@ -1394,17 +1394,17 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 					}
 				} else
 					ret = -ENODEV;
-				up(&dev->sem);
+				mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 				return ret;
 			case IIOCNETDIF:
 				/* Delete a network-interface */
 				if (arg) {
 					if (copy_from_user(name, argp, sizeof(name)))
 						return -EFAULT;
-					ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+					ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 					if( ret ) return ret;
 					ret = isdn_net_rm(name);
-					up(&dev->sem);
+					mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 					return ret;
 				} else
 					return -EINVAL;
@@ -1433,10 +1433,10 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 				if (arg) {
 					if (copy_from_user(&phone, argp, sizeof(phone)))
 						return -EFAULT;
-					ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+					ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 					if( ret ) return ret;
 					ret = isdn_net_addphone(&phone);
-					up(&dev->sem);
+					mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 					return ret;
 				} else
 					return -EINVAL;
@@ -1445,10 +1445,10 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 				if (arg) {
 					if (copy_from_user(&phone, argp, sizeof(phone)))
 						return -EFAULT;
-					ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+					ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 					if( ret ) return ret;
 					ret = isdn_net_getphones(&phone, argp);
-					up(&dev->sem);
+					mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 					return ret;
 				} else
 					return -EINVAL;
@@ -1457,10 +1457,10 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 				if (arg) {
 					if (copy_from_user(&phone, argp, sizeof(phone)))
 						return -EFAULT;
-					ret = down_interruptible(&dev->sem);
+					ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mtx);
 					if( ret ) return ret;
 					ret = isdn_net_delphone(&phone);
-					up(&dev->sem);
+					mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 					return ret;
 				} else
 					return -EINVAL;
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ static int __init isdn_init(void)
 #ifdef MODULE
 	dev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 #endif
-	init_MUTEX(&dev->sem);
+	mutex_init(&dev->mtx);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->info_waitq);
 	for (i = 0; i < ISDN_MAX_CHANNELS; i++) {
 		dev->drvmap[i] = -1;
diff --git a/include/linux/isdn.h b/include/linux/isdn.h
index d5dda4b643ac7a3dcb8f81c29492bfab63a5b3b7..d0ecc8eebfbfd8d80b959407d366c6b8650c64c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/isdn.h
+++ b/include/linux/isdn.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #define ISDN_TTY_MAJOR    43
 #define ISDN_TTYAUX_MAJOR 44
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ typedef struct isdn_devt {
 	int               v110emu[ISDN_MAX_CHANNELS]; /* V.110 emulator-mode 0=none */
 	atomic_t          v110use[ISDN_MAX_CHANNELS]; /* Usage-Semaphore for stream */
 	isdn_v110_stream  *v110[ISDN_MAX_CHANNELS];   /* V.110 private data         */
-	struct semaphore  sem;                        /* serialize list access*/
+	struct mutex      mtx;                        /* serialize list access*/
 	unsigned long     global_features;
 } isdn_dev;