diff --git a/drivers/pci/slot.c b/drivers/pci/slot.c
index 396c200b9ddb3b6d534e571f1827819e221c65e8..4bd3fce93fa4e01a4eb0a1f28dbf0e8b05074e23 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/slot.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/slot.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct kset *pci_slots_kset;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_slots_kset);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(pci_slot_mutex);
 
 static ssize_t pci_slot_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 					struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -106,9 +107,11 @@ static void pci_slot_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	dev_dbg(&slot->bus->dev, "dev %02x, released physical slot %s\n",
 		slot->number, pci_slot_name(slot));
 
+	down_read(&pci_bus_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &slot->bus->devices, bus_list)
 		if (PCI_SLOT(dev->devfn) == slot->number)
 			dev->slot = NULL;
+	up_read(&pci_bus_sem);
 
 	list_del(&slot->list);
 
@@ -194,9 +197,8 @@ static int rename_slot(struct pci_slot *slot, const char *name)
 static struct pci_slot *get_slot(struct pci_bus *parent, int slot_nr)
 {
 	struct pci_slot *slot;
-	/*
-	 * We already hold pci_bus_sem so don't worry
-	 */
+
+	/* We already hold pci_slot_mutex */
 	list_for_each_entry(slot, &parent->slots, list)
 		if (slot->number == slot_nr) {
 			kobject_get(&slot->kobj);
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ struct pci_slot *pci_create_slot(struct pci_bus *parent, int slot_nr,
 	int err = 0;
 	char *slot_name = NULL;
 
-	down_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&pci_slot_mutex);
 
 	if (slot_nr == -1)
 		goto placeholder;
@@ -301,16 +303,18 @@ struct pci_slot *pci_create_slot(struct pci_bus *parent, int slot_nr,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&slot->list);
 	list_add(&slot->list, &parent->slots);
 
+	down_read(&pci_bus_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &parent->devices, bus_list)
 		if (PCI_SLOT(dev->devfn) == slot_nr)
 			dev->slot = slot;
+	up_read(&pci_bus_sem);
 
 	dev_dbg(&parent->dev, "dev %02x, created physical slot %s\n",
 		slot_nr, pci_slot_name(slot));
 
 out:
 	kfree(slot_name);
-	up_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&pci_slot_mutex);
 	return slot;
 err:
 	kfree(slot);
@@ -332,9 +336,9 @@ void pci_destroy_slot(struct pci_slot *slot)
 	dev_dbg(&slot->bus->dev, "dev %02x, dec refcount to %d\n",
 		slot->number, atomic_read(&slot->kobj.kref.refcount) - 1);
 
-	down_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&pci_slot_mutex);
 	kobject_put(&slot->kobj);
-	up_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&pci_slot_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_destroy_slot);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 8a0321a8fb595892c5e80910d5c914c89ded63de..aaee493174e29adc9ce6b38cf9566774e09fe121 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ struct pci_bus {
 	struct list_head children;	/* list of child buses */
 	struct list_head devices;	/* list of devices on this bus */
 	struct pci_dev	*self;		/* bridge device as seen by parent */
-	struct list_head slots;		/* list of slots on this bus */
+	struct list_head slots;		/* list of slots on this bus;
+					   protected by pci_slot_mutex */
 	struct resource *resource[PCI_BRIDGE_RESOURCE_NUM];
 	struct list_head resources;	/* address space routed to this bus */
 	struct resource busn_res;	/* bus numbers routed to this bus */