diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 3cb4a56..c8f60ee 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@
 **		        from within kupdate, it will ignore the immediate flag
 */
 
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
-
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/reiserfs_fs.h>
-
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
@@ -54,6 +49,9 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#include <asm/system.h>
 
 /* gets a struct reiserfs_journal_list * from a list head */
 #define JOURNAL_LIST_ENTRY(h) (list_entry((h), struct reiserfs_journal_list, \
@@ -1045,9 +1043,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/* make sure nobody is trying to flush this one at the same time */
-	down(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 	if (!journal_list_still_alive(s, trans_id)) {
-		up(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 		goto put_jl;
 	}
 	BUG_ON(jl->j_trans_id == 0);
@@ -1057,7 +1055,7 @@
 		if (flushall) {
 			atomic_set(&(jl->j_older_commits_done), 1);
 		}
-		up(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 		goto put_jl;
 	}
 
@@ -1181,7 +1179,7 @@
 	if (flushall) {
 		atomic_set(&(jl->j_older_commits_done), 1);
 	}
-	up(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
       put_jl:
 	put_journal_list(s, jl);
 
@@ -2556,7 +2554,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_working_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_tail_bh_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_bh_list);
-	sema_init(&jl->j_commit_lock, 1);
+	mutex_init(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 	SB_JOURNAL(s)->j_num_lists++;
 	get_journal_list(jl);
 	return jl;
@@ -4030,7 +4028,7 @@
 	 * the new transaction is fully setup, and we've already flushed the
 	 * ordered bh list
 	 */
-	down(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 
 	/* save the transaction id in case we need to commit it later */
 	commit_trans_id = jl->j_trans_id;
@@ -4196,7 +4194,7 @@
 		lock_kernel();
 	}
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&jl->j_tail_bh_list));
-	up(&jl->j_commit_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&jl->j_commit_mutex);
 
 	/* honor the flush wishes from the caller, simple commits can
 	 ** be done outside the journal lock, they are done below