mutex_unlock(&inet_diag_mutex);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inet_diag_register_lock);
-
 int inet_diag_register(const struct inet_diag_handler *h)
 {
        const __u16 type = h->idiag_type;
        if (type >= INET_DIAG_GETSOCK_MAX)
                goto out;
 
-       spin_lock(&inet_diag_register_lock);
+       mutex_lock(&inet_diag_mutex);
        err = -EEXIST;
        if (inet_diag_table[type] == NULL) {
                inet_diag_table[type] = h;
                err = 0;
        }
-       spin_unlock(&inet_diag_register_lock);
+       mutex_unlock(&inet_diag_mutex);
 out:
        return err;
 }
        if (type >= INET_DIAG_GETSOCK_MAX)
                return;
 
-       spin_lock(&inet_diag_register_lock);
+       mutex_lock(&inet_diag_mutex);
        inet_diag_table[type] = NULL;
-       spin_unlock(&inet_diag_register_lock);
-
-       synchronize_rcu();
+       mutex_unlock(&inet_diag_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_diag_unregister);
 
                goto out;
 
        idiagnl = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_INET_DIAG, 0,
-                                       inet_diag_rcv, NULL, THIS_MODULE);
+                       inet_diag_rcv, &inet_diag_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
        if (idiagnl == NULL)
                goto out_free_table;
        err = 0;