diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
index 1d706ea..45ddfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 
 #undef COSA_SLOW_IO	/* for testing purposes only */
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@
 	int (*tx_done)(struct channel_data *channel, int size);
 
 	/* Character device parts */
-	struct semaphore rsem, wsem;
+	struct mutex rlock;
+	struct semaphore wsem;
 	char *rxdata;
 	int rxsize;
 	wait_queue_head_t txwaitq, rxwaitq;
@@ -807,7 +809,7 @@
 
 static void chardev_channel_init(struct channel_data *chan)
 {
-	init_MUTEX(&chan->rsem);
+	mutex_init(&chan->rlock);
 	init_MUTEX(&chan->wsem);
 }
 
@@ -825,12 +827,12 @@
 			cosa->name, cosa->firmware_status);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
-	if (down_interruptible(&chan->rsem))
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&chan->rlock))
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 	
 	if ((chan->rxdata = kmalloc(COSA_MTU, GFP_DMA|GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: cosa_read() - OOM\n", cosa->name);
-		up(&chan->rsem);
+		mutex_unlock(&chan->rlock);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@
 			remove_wait_queue(&chan->rxwaitq, &wait);
 			current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
-			up(&chan->rsem);
+			mutex_unlock(&chan->rlock);
 			return -ERESTARTSYS;
 		}
 	}
@@ -857,7 +859,7 @@
 	kbuf = chan->rxdata;
 	count = chan->rxsize;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cosa->lock, flags);
-	up(&chan->rsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&chan->rlock);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, kbuf, count)) {
 		kfree(kbuf);