diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index eb71aaa26a9a9345f5f4998cd30eb4d0a7f01f2f..ec9190eff09cd26f042fbeb93a2f127fb9186c94 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ struct ipoib_dev_priv {
 
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	struct mutex vlan_mutex;
+	struct rw_semaphore vlan_rwsem;
 
 	struct rb_root  path_tree;
 	struct list_head path_list;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index c14f949edcb7593797a8a2ced32b5a5de20e92c5..01594de9b11d46bd65bd7e50452eab3b558e12a4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static void __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv,
 	u16 new_index;
 	int result;
 
-	mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+	down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
 	/*
 	 * Flush any child interfaces too -- they might be up even if
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static void __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list)
 		__ipoib_ib_dev_flush(cpriv, level);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+	up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
 	if (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_INITIALIZED, &priv->flags)) {
 		/* for non-child devices must check/update the pkey value here */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 82cec1af902cd24533ef032869cf2052fa9d4f63..dcb50cef0bda7ff7aaeb5406eff4f882e780954f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int ipoib_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		struct ipoib_dev_priv *cpriv;
 
 		/* Bring up any child interfaces too */
-		mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+		down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 		list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list) {
 			int flags;
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int ipoib_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 			dev_change_flags(cpriv->dev, flags | IFF_UP);
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+		up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 	}
 
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int ipoib_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 		struct ipoib_dev_priv *cpriv;
 
 		/* Bring down any child interfaces too */
-		mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+		down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 		list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list) {
 			int flags;
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int ipoib_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 
 			dev_change_flags(cpriv->dev, flags & ~IFF_UP);
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+		up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ void ipoib_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 
-	mutex_init(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+	init_rwsem(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->path_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->child_intfs);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_netlink.c
index f81abe16cf093d6c74ad31dd179f03f7dc90b997..c29b5c8388331458bb2a2caf85580d76031f1dcb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_netlink.c
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ static void ipoib_unregister_child_dev(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	ppriv = netdev_priv(priv->parent);
 
-	mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+	down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
 	list_del(&priv->list);
-	mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+	up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 }
 
 static size_t ipoib_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 8292554bccb5de2387d7e858eaaa1d27ddb6b8b4..9fad7b5ac8b91910af7e6b1527f20165323e7dc8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int ipoib_vlan_add(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
 
-	mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+	down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 
 	/*
 	 * First ensure this isn't a duplicate. We check the parent device and
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int ipoib_vlan_add(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 	result = __ipoib_vlan_add(ppriv, priv, pkey, IPOIB_LEGACY_CHILD);
 
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+	up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 
 	if (result)
 		free_netdev(priv->dev);
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ int ipoib_vlan_delete(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
-	mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+
+	down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tpriv, &ppriv->child_intfs, list) {
 		if (priv->pkey == pkey &&
 		    priv->child_type == IPOIB_LEGACY_CHILD) {
@@ -195,7 +196,8 @@ int ipoib_vlan_delete(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+	up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
+
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	if (dev) {