diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 592048f7e430..105d88f9d8e2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct sg_fd {		/* holds the state of a file descriptor */
 	struct list_head sfd_entry;	/* member sg_device::sfds list */
 	struct sg_device *parentdp;	/* owning device */
 	wait_queue_head_t read_wait;	/* queue read until command done */
-	rwlock_t rq_list_lock;	/* protect access to list in req_arr */
+	spinlock_t rq_list_lock;	/* protect access to list in req_arr */
 	struct mutex f_mutex;	/* protect against changes in this fd */
 	int timeout;		/* defaults to SG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT      */
 	int timeout_user;	/* defaults to SG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_USER */
@@ -741,17 +741,17 @@ sg_get_rq_mark(struct sg_fd *sfp, int pack_id)
 	struct sg_request *resp;
 	unsigned long iflags;
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	list_for_each_entry(resp, &sfp->rq_list, entry) {
 		/* look for requests that are ready + not SG_IO owned */
 		if (resp->done == 1 && !resp->sg_io_owned &&
 		    (-1 == pack_id || resp->header.pack_id == pack_id)) {
 			resp->done = 2;	/* guard against other readers */
-			write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 			return resp;
 		}
 	}
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -805,9 +805,9 @@ srp_done(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	read_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, flags);
 	ret = srp->done;
-	read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1071,15 +1071,15 @@ sg_ioctl_common(struct file *filp, struct sg_device *sdp, struct sg_fd *sfp,
 			(srp_done(sfp, srp) || SG_IS_DETACHING(sdp)));
 		if (SG_IS_DETACHING(sdp))
 			return -ENODEV;
-		write_lock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
 		if (srp->done) {
 			srp->done = 2;
-			write_unlock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
 			result = sg_new_read(sfp, p, SZ_SG_IO_HDR, srp);
 			return (result < 0) ? result : 0;
 		}
 		srp->orphan = 1;
-		write_unlock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
 		return result;	/* -ERESTARTSYS because signal hit process */
 	case SG_SET_TIMEOUT:
 		result = get_user(val, ip);
@@ -1131,15 +1131,15 @@ sg_ioctl_common(struct file *filp, struct sg_device *sdp, struct sg_fd *sfp,
 		sfp->force_packid = val ? 1 : 0;
 		return 0;
 	case SG_GET_PACK_ID:
-		read_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 		list_for_each_entry(srp, &sfp->rq_list, entry) {
 			if ((1 == srp->done) && (!srp->sg_io_owned)) {
-				read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock,
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock,
 						       iflags);
 				return put_user(srp->header.pack_id, ip);
 			}
 		}
-		read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 		return put_user(-1, ip);
 	case SG_GET_NUM_WAITING:
 		return put_user(atomic_read(&sfp->waiting), ip);
@@ -1208,9 +1208,9 @@ sg_ioctl_common(struct file *filp, struct sg_device *sdp, struct sg_fd *sfp,
 					GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!rinfo)
 				return -ENOMEM;
-			read_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 			sg_fill_request_table(sfp, rinfo);
-			read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 			if (in_compat_syscall())
 				result = put_compat_request_table(p, rinfo);
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ sg_rq_end_io(struct request *rq, blk_status_t status)
 	scsi_req_free_cmd(scsi_req(rq));
 	blk_put_request(rq);
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	if (unlikely(srp->orphan)) {
 		if (sfp->keep_orphan)
 			srp->sg_io_owned = 0;
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ sg_rq_end_io(struct request *rq, blk_status_t status)
 			done = 0;
 	}
 	srp->done = done;
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 
 	if (likely(done)) {
 		/* Now wake up any sg_read() that is waiting for this
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ sg_setup_req(struct sg_fd *sfp)
 	unsigned long iflags;
 	struct sg_request *rp = sfp->req_arr;
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	if (!list_empty(&sfp->rq_list)) {
 		if (!sfp->cmd_q)
 			goto out_unlock;
@@ -2228,10 +2228,10 @@ sg_setup_req(struct sg_fd *sfp)
 	rp->parentfp = sfp;
 	rp->header.duration = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
 	list_add_tail(&rp->entry, &sfp->rq_list);
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	return rp;
 out_unlock:
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2244,13 +2244,13 @@ sg_remove_request(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp)
 
 	if (!sfp || !srp || list_empty(&sfp->rq_list))
 		return res;
-	write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	if (!list_empty(&srp->entry)) {
 		list_del(&srp->entry);
 		srp->parentfp = NULL;
 		res = 1;
 	}
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ sg_add_sfp(struct sg_device *sdp)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sfp->read_wait);
-	rwlock_init(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&sfp->rq_list_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sfp->rq_list);
 	kref_init(&sfp->f_ref);
 	mutex_init(&sfp->f_mutex);
@@ -2311,14 +2311,14 @@ sg_remove_sfp_usercontext(struct work_struct *work)
 	unsigned long iflags;
 
 	/* Cleanup any responses which were never read(). */
-	write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 	while (!list_empty(&sfp->rq_list)) {
 		srp = list_first_entry(&sfp->rq_list, struct sg_request, entry);
 		sg_finish_scsi_blk_rq(srp);
 		list_del(&srp->entry);
 		srp->parentfp = NULL;
 	}
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 
 	if (sfp->reserve.buflen > 0) {
 		SG_LOG(6, sfp, "%s:    buflen=%d, num_sgat=%d\n", __func__,
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ sg_proc_debug_helper(struct seq_file *s, struct sg_device *sdp)
 	k = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry(fp, &sdp->sfds, sfd_entry) {
 		k++;
-		read_lock(&fp->rq_list_lock); /* irqs already disabled */
+		spin_lock(&fp->rq_list_lock); /* irqs already disabled */
 		seq_printf(s, "   FD(%d): timeout=%dms buflen=%d "
 			   "(res)sgat=%d low_dma=%d\n", k,
 			   jiffies_to_msecs(fp->timeout),
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ sg_proc_debug_helper(struct seq_file *s, struct sg_device *sdp)
 		}
 		if (list_empty(&fp->rq_list))
 			seq_puts(s, "     No requests active\n");
-		read_unlock(&fp->rq_list_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&fp->rq_list_lock);
 	}
 }
 
