diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
index 207cae3..0a37ade 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 {
 	char s[10];
 	struct dentry *root = capifs_root;
-	down(&root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return lookup_one_len(s, root, sprintf(s, "%d", num));
 }
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	dentry = get_node(number);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && !dentry->d_inode)
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	up(&capifs_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&capifs_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 }
 
 void capifs_free_ncci(unsigned int number)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 		}
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
-	up(&capifs_root->d_inode->i_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&capifs_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 }
 
 static int __init capifs_init(void)