diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 5d1ed50bd46c..22506eb4a58e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_bdev);
  * freeze_bdev  --  lock a filesystem and force it into a consistent state
  * @bdev:	blockdevice to lock
  *
- * This takes the block device bd_mount_sem to make sure no new mounts
- * happen on bdev until thaw_bdev() is called.
  * If a superblock is found on this device, we take the s_umount semaphore
  * on it to make sure nobody unmounts until the snapshot creation is done.
  * The reference counter (bd_fsfreeze_count) guarantees that only the last
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 	bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count++;
 
-	down(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
 	sb = get_super(bdev);
 	if (sb && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
@@ -260,7 +257,6 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 					"VFS:Filesystem freeze failed\n");
 				sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
 				drop_super(sb);
-				up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
 				bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count--;
 				mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
 				return ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 	sync_blockdev(bdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
 
-	return sb;	/* thaw_bdev releases s->s_umount and bd_mount_sem */
+	return sb;	/* thaw_bdev releases s->s_umount */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(freeze_bdev);
 
@@ -321,7 +317,6 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
 		drop_super(sb);
 	}
 
-	up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -430,7 +425,6 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 
 	memset(bdev, 0, sizeof(*bdev));
 	mutex_init(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-	sema_init(&bdev->bd_mount_sem, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_inodes);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_list);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 4906e2d8f400..1cb26a3e3df0 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -743,9 +743,14 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	 * will protect the lockfs code from trying to start a snapshot
 	 * while we are mounting
 	 */
-	down(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
+	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
+	if (bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count > 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
+		error = -EBUSY;
+		goto error_bdev;
+	}
 	s = sget(fs_type, test_bdev_super, set_bdev_super, bdev);
-	up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		goto error_s;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index cbb7724c11d3..72dfbd423974 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ struct block_device {
 	struct super_block *	bd_super;
 	int			bd_openers;
 	struct mutex		bd_mutex;	/* open/close mutex */
-	struct semaphore	bd_mount_sem;
 	struct list_head	bd_inodes;
 	void *			bd_holder;
 	int			bd_holders;