diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 3f302ae98c03d308319b9a56b0f4bcba3f55046c..bfc1779fc753fcf0c1a13a086bf5fc2b7c999b65 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ struct unix_skb_parms {
 #define UNIXCB(skb) 	(*(struct unix_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb))
 #define UNIXCREDS(skb)	(&UNIXCB((skb)).creds)
 
-#define unix_state_rlock(s)	read_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
-#define unix_state_runlock(s)	read_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
-#define unix_state_wlock(s)	write_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
-#define unix_state_wunlock(s)	write_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
+#define unix_state_rlock(s)	spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
+#define unix_state_runlock(s)	spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
+#define unix_state_wlock(s)	spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
+#define unix_state_wunlock(s)	spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock)
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 /* The AF_UNIX socket */
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct unix_sock {
         struct sock		*other;
         struct sock		*gc_tree;
         atomic_t                inflight;
-        rwlock_t                lock;
+        spinlock_t		lock;
         wait_queue_head_t       peer_wait;
 };
 #define unix_sk(__sk) ((struct unix_sock *)__sk)
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 7d3fe6aebcdb24774d71f439cffe17d4460b5143..1ddd36d50091b32c7e40890cfff405b16e1fe5db 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static struct sock * unix_create1(struct socket *sock)
 	u	  = unix_sk(sk);
 	u->dentry = NULL;
 	u->mnt	  = NULL;
-	rwlock_init(&u->lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&u->lock);
 	atomic_set(&u->inflight, sock ? 0 : -1);
 	init_MUTEX(&u->readsem); /* single task reading lock */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&u->peer_wait);