diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
index d32bf35..4d6fa63 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 static unsigned int	cpu_is_managed[NR_CPUS];
 static struct cpufreq_policy current_policy[NR_CPUS];
 
-static DECLARE_MUTEX	(userspace_sem); 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX	(userspace_mutex);
 
 #define dprintk(msg...) cpufreq_debug_printk(CPUFREQ_DEBUG_GOVERNOR, "userspace", msg)
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
 
 	dprintk("cpufreq_set for cpu %u, freq %u kHz\n", cpu, freq);
 
-	down(&userspace_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&userspace_mutex);
 	if (!cpu_is_managed[cpu])
 		goto err;
 
@@ -83,16 +84,16 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * We're safe from concurrent calls to ->target() here
-	 * as we hold the userspace_sem lock. If we were calling
+	 * as we hold the userspace_mutex lock. If we were calling
 	 * cpufreq_driver_target, a deadlock situation might occur:
-	 * A: cpufreq_set (lock userspace_sem) -> cpufreq_driver_target(lock policy->lock)
-	 * B: cpufreq_set_policy(lock policy->lock) -> __cpufreq_governor -> cpufreq_governor_userspace (lock userspace_sem)
+	 * A: cpufreq_set (lock userspace_mutex) -> cpufreq_driver_target(lock policy->lock)
+	 * B: cpufreq_set_policy(lock policy->lock) -> __cpufreq_governor -> cpufreq_governor_userspace (lock userspace_mutex)
 	 */
 	ret = __cpufreq_driver_target(&current_policy[cpu], freq, 
 	      CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
 
  err:
-	up(&userspace_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&userspace_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
 		if (!cpu_online(cpu))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		BUG_ON(!policy->cur);
-		down(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_lock(&userspace_mutex);
 		cpu_is_managed[cpu] = 1;		
 		cpu_min_freq[cpu] = policy->min;
 		cpu_max_freq[cpu] = policy->max;
@@ -143,20 +144,20 @@
 		sysfs_create_file (&policy->kobj, &freq_attr_scaling_setspeed.attr);
 		memcpy (&current_policy[cpu], policy, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
 		dprintk("managing cpu %u started (%u - %u kHz, currently %u kHz)\n", cpu, cpu_min_freq[cpu], cpu_max_freq[cpu], cpu_cur_freq[cpu]);
-		up(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_unlock(&userspace_mutex);
 		break;
 	case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP:
-		down(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_lock(&userspace_mutex);
 		cpu_is_managed[cpu] = 0;
 		cpu_min_freq[cpu] = 0;
 		cpu_max_freq[cpu] = 0;
 		cpu_set_freq[cpu] = 0;
 		sysfs_remove_file (&policy->kobj, &freq_attr_scaling_setspeed.attr);
 		dprintk("managing cpu %u stopped\n", cpu);
-		up(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_unlock(&userspace_mutex);
 		break;
 	case CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS:
-		down(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_lock(&userspace_mutex);
 		cpu_min_freq[cpu] = policy->min;
 		cpu_max_freq[cpu] = policy->max;
 		dprintk("limit event for cpu %u: %u - %u kHz, currently %u kHz, last set to %u kHz\n", cpu, cpu_min_freq[cpu], cpu_max_freq[cpu], cpu_cur_freq[cpu], cpu_set_freq[cpu]);
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@
 			      CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
 		}
 		memcpy (&current_policy[cpu], policy, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
-		up(&userspace_sem);
+		mutex_unlock(&userspace_mutex);
 		break;
 	}
 	return 0;