diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 7edfcd4d5e524b5ad1ace0f64a11f508437ef5c9..92dde6f8d893b51a254e258dfd8942039a95ada6 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const struct file_operations ncp_dir_operations =
 {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= ncp_readdir,
-	.ioctl		= ncp_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= ncp_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ncp_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index 1daabb90e0a54bba1a3c65146fb7098b3fdb8218..b93870892892126ec4926fe59f396989f636745a 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ const struct file_operations ncp_file_operations =
 	.llseek 	= ncp_remote_llseek,
 	.read		= ncp_file_read,
 	.write		= ncp_file_write,
-	.ioctl		= ncp_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= ncp_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ncp_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index 60a5e2864ea8b9b97e41de53875480959e17400f..023c03d020707a88e5930b8d92d89ce2c5845d20 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #include <linux/ncp_fs.h>
 
@@ -261,9 +262,9 @@ ncp_get_charsets(struct ncp_server* server, struct ncp_nls_ioctl __user *arg)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS */
 
-static int __ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
-	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long __ncp_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(inode);
 	int result;
 	struct ncp_ioctl_request request;
@@ -841,11 +842,11 @@ static int ncp_ioctl_need_write(unsigned int cmd)
 	}
 }
 
-int ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
-	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+long ncp_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int ret;
+	long ret;
 
+	lock_kernel();
 	if (ncp_ioctl_need_write(cmd)) {
 		/*
 		 * inside the ioctl(), any failures which
@@ -853,24 +854,28 @@ int ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 		 * -EACCESS, so it seems consistent to keep
 		 *  that here.
 		 */
-		if (mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt))
-			return -EACCES;
+		if (mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt)) {
+			ret = -EACCES;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
-	ret = __ncp_ioctl(inode, filp, cmd, arg);
+	ret = __ncp_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
 	if (ncp_ioctl_need_write(cmd))
 		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
+
+out:
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 long ncp_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	int ret;
+	long ret;
 
 	lock_kernel();
 	arg = (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg);
-	ret = ncp_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, arg);
+	ret = ncp_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index 30b06c89394482f86955dfa69f8a9f912e98388d..4522aed00906c81f885eae6ed5c0ecd9f399bde8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ int ncp_date_dos2unix(__le16 time, __le16 date);
 void ncp_date_unix2dos(int unix_date, __le16 * time, __le16 * date);
 
 /* linux/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c */
-int ncp_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
+long ncp_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 long ncp_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
 /* linux/fs/ncpfs/sock.c */