diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
index 43abf55d8c60..4c3ac5c42237 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static struct class *usb_gadget_class;
 struct printer_dev {
 	spinlock_t		lock;		/* lock this structure */
 	/* lock buffer lists during read/write calls */
-	spinlock_t		lock_printer_io;
+	struct mutex		lock_printer_io;
 	struct usb_gadget	*gadget;
 	struct usb_request	*req;		/* for control responses */
 	u8			config;
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ printer_read(struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 
 	DBG(dev, "printer_read trying to read %d bytes\n", (int)len);
 
-	spin_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
 
 	/* We will use this flag later to check if a printer reset happened
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ printer_read(struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 		 * call or not.
 		 */
 		if (fd->f_flags & (O_NONBLOCK|O_NDELAY)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ printer_read(struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 		if (dev->reset_printer) {
 			list_add(&current_rx_req->list, &dev->rx_reqs);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ printer_read(struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 	dev->current_rx_buf = current_rx_buf;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-	spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 
 	DBG(dev, "printer_read returned %d bytes\n", (int)bytes_copied);
 
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 	if (len == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	spin_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
 
 	/* Check if a printer reset happens while we have interrupts on */
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 		 * a NON-Blocking call or not.
 		 */
 		if (fd->f_flags & (O_NONBLOCK|O_NDELAY)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 
 		if (copy_from_user(req->buf, buf, size)) {
 			list_add(&req->list, &dev->tx_reqs);
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return bytes_copied;
 		}
 
@@ -766,14 +766,14 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 		if (dev->reset_printer) {
 			list_add(&req->list, &dev->tx_reqs);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
 		if (usb_ep_queue(dev->in_ep, req, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
 			list_add(&req->list, &dev->tx_reqs);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-			spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ printer_write(struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-	spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 
 	DBG(dev, "printer_write sent %d bytes\n", (int)bytes_copied);
 
@@ -820,11 +820,11 @@ printer_poll(struct file *fd, poll_table *wait)
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	int			status = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
 	setup_rx_reqs(dev);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
-	spin_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 
 	poll_wait(fd, &dev->rx_wait, wait);
 	poll_wait(fd, &dev->tx_wait, wait);
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ autoconf_fail:
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_init(&dev->lock_printer_io);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->tx_reqs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->tx_reqs_active);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->rx_reqs);
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ cleanup(void)
 {
 	int status;
 
-	spin_lock(&usb_printer_gadget.lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_lock(&usb_printer_gadget.lock_printer_io);
 	class_destroy(usb_gadget_class);
 	unregister_chrdev_region(g_printer_devno, 2);
 
@@ -1602,6 +1602,6 @@ cleanup(void)
 	if (status)
 		ERROR(dev, "usb_gadget_unregister_driver %x\n", status);
 
-	spin_unlock(&usb_printer_gadget.lock_printer_io);
+	mutex_unlock(&usb_printer_gadget.lock_printer_io);
 }
 module_exit(cleanup);