diff --git a/drivers/pnp/interface.c b/drivers/pnp/interface.c
index 31548044fdde..982658477a58 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/interface.c
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/pnp.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "base.h"
@@ -315,8 +318,6 @@ static ssize_t pnp_show_current_resources(struct device *dmdev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-extern struct semaphore pnp_res_mutex;
-
 static ssize_t
 pnp_set_current_resources(struct device *dmdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			  const char *ubuf, size_t count)
@@ -361,10 +362,10 @@ pnp_set_current_resources(struct device *dmdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (!strnicmp(buf, "get", 3)) {
-		down(&pnp_res_mutex);
+		mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 		if (pnp_can_read(dev))
 			dev->protocol->get(dev, &dev->res);
-		up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (!strnicmp(buf, "set", 3)) {
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ pnp_set_current_resources(struct device *dmdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			goto done;
 		buf += 3;
 		pnp_init_resource_table(&dev->res);
-		down(&pnp_res_mutex);
+		mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 		while (1) {
 			while (isspace(*buf))
 				++buf;
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ pnp_set_current_resources(struct device *dmdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			}
 			break;
 		}
-		up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/manager.c b/drivers/pnp/manager.c
index 6f8f8ed95c67..c28caf272c11 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/manager.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/manager.c
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #include <linux/pnp.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include "base.h"
 
-DECLARE_MUTEX(pnp_res_mutex);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(pnp_res_mutex);
 
 static int pnp_assign_port(struct pnp_dev *dev, struct pnp_port *rule, int idx)
 {
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ static int pnp_assign_resources(struct pnp_dev *dev, int depnum)
 	if (!pnp_can_configure(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	down(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	pnp_clean_resource_table(&dev->res);	/* start with a fresh slate */
 	if (dev->independent) {
 		port = dev->independent->port;
@@ -366,12 +367,12 @@ static int pnp_assign_resources(struct pnp_dev *dev, int depnum)
 	} else if (dev->dependent)
 		goto fail;
 
-	up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	return 1;
 
 fail:
 	pnp_clean_resource_table(&dev->res);
-	up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ int pnp_manual_config_dev(struct pnp_dev *dev, struct pnp_resource_table *res,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*bak = dev->res;
 
-	down(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	dev->res = *res;
 	if (!(mode & PNP_CONFIG_FORCE)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < PNP_MAX_PORT; i++) {
@@ -416,14 +417,14 @@ int pnp_manual_config_dev(struct pnp_dev *dev, struct pnp_resource_table *res,
 				goto fail;
 		}
 	}
-	up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 
 	kfree(bak);
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
 	dev->res = *bak;
-	up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	kfree(bak);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -547,9 +548,9 @@ int pnp_disable_dev(struct pnp_dev *dev)
 	dev->active = 0;
 
 	/* release the resources so that other devices can use them */
-	down(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 	pnp_clean_resource_table(&dev->res);
-	up(&pnp_res_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pnp_res_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pnp.h b/include/linux/pnp.h
index b9339d8b95bc..cd6332b88829 100644
--- a/include/linux/pnp.h
+++ b/include/linux/pnp.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ extern struct pnp_protocol isapnp_protocol;
 #else
 #define pnp_device_is_isapnp(dev) 0
 #endif
+extern struct mutex pnp_res_mutex;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PNPBIOS
 extern struct pnp_protocol pnpbios_protocol;