diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index 0542b6eedf80..f20437c068a0 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -254,19 +254,16 @@ static int isofs_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	char *tmpname;
 	struct iso_directory_record *tmpde;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	tmpname = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tmpname == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	tmpde = (struct iso_directory_record *) (tmpname+1024);
 
 	result = do_isofs_readdir(inode, filp, dirent, filldir, tmpname, tmpde);
 
 	free_page((unsigned long) tmpname);
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index b3cc8586984e..a5d03672d04e 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ root_found:
 	sbi->s_utf8 = opt.utf8;
 	sbi->s_nocompress = opt.nocompress;
 	sbi->s_overriderockperm = opt.overriderockperm;
-	mutex_init(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * It would be incredibly stupid to allow people to mark every file
 	 * on the disk as suid, so we merely allow them to set the default
diff --git a/fs/isofs/isofs.h b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
index 2882dc089f87..7d33de84f52a 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/isofs.h
+++ b/fs/isofs/isofs.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ struct isofs_sb_info {
 	gid_t s_gid;
 	uid_t s_uid;
 	struct nls_table *s_nls_iocharset; /* Native language support table */
-	struct mutex s_mutex; /* replaces BKL, please remove if possible */
 };
 
 #define ISOFS_INVALID_MODE ((mode_t) -1)
diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index 68fa503d877e..1e2946f2a69e 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ struct dentry *isofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nam
 	int found;
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(block);
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(offset);
-	struct isofs_sb_info *sbi = ISOFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct page *page;
 
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ struct dentry *isofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nam
 	if (!page)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	found = isofs_find_entry(dir, dentry,
 				&block, &offset,
 				page_address(page),
@@ -185,7 +183,5 @@ struct dentry *isofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nam
 
 	inode = found ? isofs_iget(dir->i_sb, block, offset) : NULL;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
-
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
diff --git a/fs/isofs/rock.c b/fs/isofs/rock.c
index f9cd04db6eab..1fbc7de88f50 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/rock.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/rock.c
@@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ static int rock_ridge_symlink_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 
 	init_rock_state(&rs, inode);
 	block = ei->i_iget5_block;
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
 	if (!bh)
 		goto out_noread;
@@ -748,7 +747,6 @@ repeat:
 		goto fail;
 	brelse(bh);
 	*rpnt = '\0';
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
 	kunmap(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
@@ -765,7 +763,6 @@ out_bad_span:
 	printk("symlink spans iso9660 blocks\n");
 fail:
 	brelse(bh);
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_mutex);
 error:
 	SetPageError(page);
 	kunmap(page);