diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index acffed750e3e..9e0c69958587 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ int dm_cache_metadata_abort(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd)
 	 * Replacement block manager (new_bm) is created and old_bm destroyed outside of
 	 * cmd root_lock to avoid ABBA deadlock that would result (due to life-cycle of
 	 * shrinker associated with the block manager's bufio client vs cmd root_lock).
-	 * - must take shrinker_rwsem without holding cmd->root_lock
+	 * - must take shrinker_mutex without holding cmd->root_lock
 	 */
 	new_bm = dm_block_manager_create(cmd->bdev, DM_CACHE_METADATA_BLOCK_SIZE << SECTOR_SHIFT,
 					 CACHE_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index fd464fb024c3..9f5cb52c5763 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ int dm_pool_abort_metadata(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	 * Replacement block manager (new_bm) is created and old_bm destroyed outside of
 	 * pmd root_lock to avoid ABBA deadlock that would result (due to life-cycle of
 	 * shrinker associated with the block manager's bufio client vs pmd root_lock).
-	 * - must take shrinker_rwsem without holding pmd->root_lock
+	 * - must take shrinker_mutex without holding pmd->root_lock
 	 */
 	new_bm = dm_block_manager_create(pmd->bdev, THIN_METADATA_BLOCK_SIZE << SECTOR_SHIFT,
 					 THIN_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS);
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 791342bb8ac9..471800ff793a 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static char *sb_writers_name[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS] = {
  * One thing we have to be careful of with a per-sb shrinker is that we don't
  * drop the last active reference to the superblock from within the shrinker.
  * If that happens we could trigger unregistering the shrinker from within the
- * shrinker path and that leads to deadlock on the shrinker_rwsem. Hence we
+ * shrinker path and that leads to deadlock on the shrinker_mutex. Hence we
  * take a passive reference to the superblock to avoid this from occurring.
  */
 static unsigned long super_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index c18fa9b6b7f0..7ad903f84463 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 
 /* defined in vmscan.c */
-extern struct rw_semaphore shrinker_rwsem;
+extern struct mutex shrinker_mutex;
 extern struct list_head shrinker_list;
 
 static DEFINE_IDA(shrinker_debugfs_ida);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_add(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	char buf[128];
 	int id;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	/* debugfs isn't initialized yet, add debugfs entries later. */
 	if (!shrinker_debugfs_root)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker, const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	old = shrinker->name;
 	shrinker->name = new;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker, const char *fmt, ...)
 			shrinker->debugfs_entry = entry;
 	}
 
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	kfree_const(old);
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct dentry *shrinker_debugfs_detach(struct shrinker *shrinker,
 {
 	struct dentry *entry = shrinker->debugfs_entry;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	kfree_const(shrinker->name);
 	shrinker->name = NULL;
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ static int __init shrinker_debugfs_init(void)
 	shrinker_debugfs_root = dentry;
 
 	/* Create debugfs entries for shrinkers registered at boot */
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list)
 		if (!shrinker->debugfs_entry) {
 			ret = shrinker_debugfs_add(shrinker);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		}
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0711b63e68d9..bcdd97caa403 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/compaction.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
-#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct scan_control {
 int vm_swappiness = 60;
 
 LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
-DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(shrinker_mutex);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static int shrinker_nr_max;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static struct shrinker_info *shrinker_info_protected(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 						     int nid)
 {
 	return rcu_dereference_protected(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info,
-					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_rwsem));
+					 lockdep_is_held(&shrinker_mutex));
 }
 
 static struct shrinker_info *shrinker_info_rcu(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int alloc_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	int nid, size, ret = 0;
 	int map_size, defer_size = 0;
 
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	map_size = shrinker_map_size(shrinker_nr_max);
 	defer_size = shrinker_defer_size(shrinker_nr_max);
 	size = map_size + defer_size;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ int alloc_shrinker_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		info->map_nr_max = shrinker_nr_max;
 		rcu_assign_pointer(memcg->nodeinfo[nid]->shrinker_info, info);
 	}
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static int expand_shrinker_info(int new_id)
 	if (!root_mem_cgroup)
 		goto out;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	map_size = shrinker_map_size(new_nr_max);
 	defer_size = shrinker_defer_size(new_nr_max);
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	id = idr_alloc(&shrinker_idr, shrinker, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (id < 0)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker->id = id;
 	ret = 0;
 unlock:
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 
 	BUG_ON(id < 0);
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	idr_remove(&shrinker_idr, id);
 }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ void reparent_shrinker_deferred(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 		parent = root_mem_cgroup;
 
 	/* Prevent from concurrent shrinker_info expand */
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	for_each_node(nid) {
 		child_info = shrinker_info_protected(memcg, nid);
 		parent_info = shrinker_info_protected(parent, nid);
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void reparent_shrinker_deferred(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 			atomic_long_add(nr, &parent_info->nr_deferred[i]);
 		}
 	}
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 }
 
 static bool cgroup_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
@@ -743,9 +743,9 @@ void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker->name = NULL;
 #endif
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
-		down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+		mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
-		up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+		mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -755,13 +755,13 @@ void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 
 void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	refcount_set(&shrinker->refcount, 1);
 	init_completion(&shrinker->completion_wait);
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
 	shrinker->flags |= SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	shrinker_debugfs_add(shrinker);
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 }
 
 static int __register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
@@ -815,13 +815,13 @@ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker_put(shrinker);
 	wait_for_completion(&shrinker->completion_wait);
 
-	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_lock(&shrinker_mutex);
 	list_del_rcu(&shrinker->list);
 	shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE)
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
 	debugfs_entry = shrinker_debugfs_detach(shrinker, &debugfs_id);
-	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	mutex_unlock(&shrinker_mutex);
 
 	shrinker_debugfs_remove(debugfs_entry, debugfs_id);
 
