diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
index 35f2d0d8507ed..a0eb900383af7 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-common-pseries.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct nx842_devdata {
 };

 static struct nx842_devdata __rcu *devdata;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(devdata_mutex);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(devdata_spinlock);

 #define NX842_COUNTER_INC(_x) \
 static inline void nx842_inc_##_x( \
@@ -750,15 +750,15 @@ static int nx842_OF_upd(struct property *new_prop)
        if (!new_devdata)
                return -ENOMEM;

-       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
-                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
+                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_spinlock));
        if (old_devdata)
                of_node = old_devdata->dev->of_node;

        if (!old_devdata || !of_node) {
                pr_err("%s: device is not available\n", __func__);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
                kfree(new_devdata);
                return -ENODEV;
        }
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static int nx842_OF_upd(struct property *new_prop)
                        old_devdata->max_sg_len);

        rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, new_devdata);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        dev_set_drvdata(new_devdata->dev, new_devdata);
        kfree(old_devdata);
@@ -821,13 +821,13 @@ static int nx842_OF_upd(struct property *new_prop)
                dev_info(old_devdata->dev, "%s: device disabled\n", __func__);
                nx842_OF_set_defaults(new_devdata);
                rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, new_devdata);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
                synchronize_rcu();
                dev_set_drvdata(new_devdata->dev, new_devdata);
                kfree(old_devdata);
        } else {
                dev_err(old_devdata->dev, "%s: could not update driver from hardware\n", __func__);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        }

        if (!ret)
@@ -1045,9 +1045,9 @@ static int nx842_probe(struct vio_dev *viodev,
                return -ENOMEM;
        }

-       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
-                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
+                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_spinlock));

        if (old_devdata && old_devdata->vdev != NULL) {
                dev_err(&viodev->dev, "%s: Attempt to register more than one instance of the hardware\n", __func__);
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static int nx842_probe(struct vio_dev *viodev,
        nx842_OF_set_defaults(new_devdata);

        rcu_assign_pointer(devdata, new_devdata);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        kfree(old_devdata);

@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ static int nx842_probe(struct vio_dev *viodev,
        return 0;

 error_unlock:
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        if (new_devdata)
                kfree(new_devdata->counters);
        kfree(new_devdata);
@@ -1122,12 +1122,12 @@ static void nx842_remove(struct vio_dev *viodev)

        crypto_unregister_alg(&nx842_pseries_alg);

-       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
-                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
+                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_spinlock));
        of_reconfig_notifier_unregister(&nx842_of_nb);
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        dev_set_drvdata(&viodev->dev, NULL);
        if (old_devdata)
@@ -1257,11 +1257,11 @@ static void __exit nx842_pseries_exit(void)

        crypto_unregister_alg(&nx842_pseries_alg);

-       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        old_devdata = rcu_dereference_check(devdata,
-                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_mutex));
+                       lockdep_is_held(&devdata_spinlock));
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_mutex, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata_spinlock, flags);
        synchronize_rcu();
        if (old_devdata && old_devdata->dev)
                dev_set_drvdata(old_devdata->dev, NULL);
