diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 830058057d33..ad6998a92c30 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/mpage.h>
@@ -489,8 +488,6 @@ static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	if (sb->s_dirt)
 		fat_write_super(sb);
 
@@ -504,8 +501,6 @@ static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	kfree(sbi);
-
-	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *fat_inode_cachep;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index e2b0b978340d..bbca5c186ae7 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>     /* For lock_kernel() */
 #include "fat.h"
 
 /* Characters that are undesirable in an MS-DOS file name */
@@ -663,16 +662,16 @@ static int msdos_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	int res;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	res = fat_fill_super(sb, data, silent, &msdos_dir_inode_operations, 0);
 	if (res) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+		unlock_super(sb);
 		return res;
 	}
 
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME;
 	sb->s_root->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 9006ad9c7b11..6f0f6c9a0152 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>     /* For lock_kernel() */
 #include "fat.h"
 
 /*
@@ -1056,10 +1055,10 @@ static int vfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	int res;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	res = fat_fill_super(sb, data, silent, &vfat_dir_inode_operations, 1);
 	if (res) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+		unlock_super(sb);
 		return res;
 	}
 
@@ -1068,7 +1067,7 @@ static int vfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	else
 		sb->s_root->d_op = &vfat_dentry_ops;
 
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }