diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
index c493d345b3ef..23e26a4b708e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
  */
 #define AMD_IOMMU_PGSIZES	((~0xFFFUL) & ~(2ULL << 38))
 
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(amd_iommu_devtable_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(amd_iommu_devtable_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pd_bitmap_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(iommu_table_lock);
 
@@ -2097,9 +2097,9 @@ static int attach_device(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 skip_ats_check:
-	write_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 	ret = __attach_device(dev_data, domain);
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * We might boot into a crash-kernel here. The crashed kernel
@@ -2149,9 +2149,9 @@ static void detach_device(struct device *dev)
 	domain   = dev_data->domain;
 
 	/* lock device table */
-	write_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 	__detach_device(dev_data);
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 
 	if (!dev_is_pci(dev))
 		return;
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ static void cleanup_domain(struct protection_domain *domain)
 	struct iommu_dev_data *entry;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&domain->dev_list)) {
 		entry = list_first_entry(&domain->dev_list,
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ static void cleanup_domain(struct protection_domain *domain)
 		__detach_device(entry);
 	}
 
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void protection_domain_free(struct protection_domain *domain)