diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c
index 840a4984d3650e27dcf98713235a67e040b8ca1a..ef43ef507c9a4e6859c8c1ffd9797eff8b54027f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bitbang.c
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ int spi_bitbang_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct spi_bitbang_cs	*cs = spi->controller_state;
 	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
-	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 
@@ -210,12 +209,12 @@ int spi_bitbang_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	 */
 
 	/* deselect chip (low or high) */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&bitbang->lock);
 	if (!bitbang->busy) {
 		bitbang->chipselect(spi, BITBANG_CS_INACTIVE);
 		ndelay(cs->nsecs);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&bitbang->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -255,13 +254,12 @@ static int spi_bitbang_bufs(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 static int spi_bitbang_prepare_hardware(struct spi_master *spi)
 {
 	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
-	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&bitbang->lock);
 	bitbang->busy = 1;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&bitbang->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -378,13 +376,12 @@ static int spi_bitbang_transfer_one(struct spi_master *master,
 static int spi_bitbang_unprepare_hardware(struct spi_master *spi)
 {
 	struct spi_bitbang	*bitbang;
-	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	bitbang = spi_master_get_devdata(spi);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&bitbang->lock);
 	bitbang->busy = 0;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitbang->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&bitbang->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -427,7 +424,7 @@ int spi_bitbang_start(struct spi_bitbang *bitbang)
 	if (!master || !bitbang->chipselect)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&bitbang->lock);
+	mutex_init(&bitbang->lock);
 
 	if (!master->mode_bits)
 		master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | bitbang->flags;
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
index 54fb984a3e1748157af2ecd230d605f60aee0bc4..dd3d0a218d8b1ffc2299595fc55adadaaa3bdeeb 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ static int spi_ppc4xx_setupxfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 	if (in_8(&hw->regs->cdm) != cdm)
 		out_8(&hw->regs->cdm, cdm);
 
-	spin_lock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
 	if (!hw->bitbang.busy) {
 		hw->bitbang.chipselect(spi, BITBANG_CS_INACTIVE);
 		/* Need to ndelay here? */
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c24xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c24xx.c
index f36bc320a80799067e6402feeb2ebb64c4f58169..4e7d1bfed7e6b6eaa1cfbf5409232c63c4bdceac 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c24xx.c
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ static int s3c24xx_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
+	mutex_lock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
 	if (!hw->bitbang.busy) {
 		hw->bitbang.chipselect(spi, BITBANG_CS_INACTIVE);
 		/* need to ndelay for 0.5 clocktick ? */
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&hw->bitbang.lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h b/include/linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h
index 85578d4be0343ce9ac0bd3f1a9bbb2d349533b44..154788ed218c501d515b55b53b5e2ddcbe4f84a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi_bitbang.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 struct spi_bitbang {
-	spinlock_t		lock;
+	struct mutex		lock;
 	u8			busy;
 	u8			use_dma;
 	u8			flags;		/* extra spi->mode support */