diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index a92eb6ae2ae2..a755bef7c4c7 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ struct affs_ext_key {
  */
 struct affs_inode_info {
 	atomic_t i_opencnt;
-	struct semaphore i_link_lock;		/* Protects internal inode access. */
-	struct semaphore i_ext_lock;		/* Protects internal inode access. */
+	struct mutex i_link_lock;		/* Protects internal inode access. */
+	struct mutex i_ext_lock;		/* Protects internal inode access. */
 #define i_hash_lock i_ext_lock
 	u32	 i_blkcnt;			/* block count */
 	u32	 i_extcnt;			/* extended block count */
@@ -293,30 +293,30 @@ affs_adjust_bitmapchecksum(struct buffer_head *bh, u32 val)
 static inline void
 affs_lock_link(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	down(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_link_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_link_lock);
 }
 static inline void
 affs_unlock_link(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	up(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_link_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_link_lock);
 }
 static inline void
 affs_lock_dir(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	down(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_hash_lock);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_hash_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 }
 static inline void
 affs_unlock_dir(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	up(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_hash_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_hash_lock);
 }
 static inline void
 affs_lock_ext(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	down(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_lock);
 }
 static inline void
 affs_unlock_ext(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	up(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_lock);
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index cc463ae47c12..47107c6712a6 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct affs_inode_info *ei = (struct affs_inode_info *) foo;
 
-	sema_init(&ei->i_link_lock, 1);
-	sema_init(&ei->i_ext_lock, 1);
+	mutex_init(&ei->i_link_lock);
+	mutex_init(&ei->i_ext_lock);
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
@@ -561,14 +561,9 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	int			 root_block;
 	unsigned long		 mount_flags;
 	int			 res = 0;
-	char			*new_opts;
 	char			 volume[32];
 	char			*prefix = NULL;
 
-	new_opts = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (data && !new_opts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	pr_debug("%s(flags=0x%x,opts=\"%s\")\n", __func__, *flags, data);
 
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
@@ -579,7 +574,6 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 			   &blocksize, &prefix, volume,
 			   &mount_flags)) {
 		kfree(prefix);
-		kfree(new_opts);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}