1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 92bc9988a180..0d7df39a5885 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct sp_node {
 
 struct shared_policy {
         struct rb_root root;
-        struct mutex mutex;
+        spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
 void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *sp, struct mempolicy *mpol);