struct ib_uverbs_get_context_resp resp;
        struct ib_udata                   udata;
        struct ib_device                 *ibdev = file->device->ib_dev;
+       struct ib_ucontext               *ucontext;
        int i;
-       int ret = in_len;
+       int ret;
 
        if (out_len < sizeof resp)
                return -ENOSPC;
        if (copy_from_user(&cmd, buf, sizeof cmd))
                return -EFAULT;
 
+       down(&file->mutex);
+
+       if (file->ucontext) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto err;
+       }
+
        INIT_UDATA(&udata, buf + sizeof cmd,
                   (unsigned long) cmd.response + sizeof resp,
                   in_len - sizeof cmd, out_len - sizeof resp);
 
-       file->ucontext = ibdev->alloc_ucontext(ibdev, &udata);
-       if (IS_ERR(file->ucontext)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(file->ucontext);
-               file->ucontext = NULL;
-               return ret;
-       }
+       ucontext = ibdev->alloc_ucontext(ibdev, &udata);
+       if (IS_ERR(ucontext))
+               return PTR_ERR(file->ucontext);
 
-       file->ucontext->device = ibdev;
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->pd_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->mr_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->mw_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->cq_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->qp_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->srq_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ucontext->ah_list);
-       spin_lock_init(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       ucontext->device = ibdev;
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->pd_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->mr_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->mw_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->cq_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->qp_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->srq_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ucontext->ah_list);
 
        resp.async_fd = file->async_file.fd;
        for (i = 0; i < file->device->num_comp; ++i)
                if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.cq_fd_tab +
                                 i * sizeof (__u32),
-                                &file->comp_file[i].fd, sizeof (__u32)))
-                       goto err;
+                                &file->comp_file[i].fd, sizeof (__u32))) {
+                       ret = -EFAULT;
+                       goto err_free;
+               }
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
-                        &resp, sizeof resp))
-               goto err;
+                        &resp, sizeof resp)) {
+               ret = -EFAULT;
+               goto err_free;
+       }
+
+       file->ucontext = ucontext;
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        return in_len;
 
-err:
-       ibdev->dealloc_ucontext(file->ucontext);
-       file->ucontext = NULL;
+err_free:
+       ibdev->dealloc_ucontext(ucontext);
 
-       return -EFAULT;
+err:
+       up(&file->mutex);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 ssize_t ib_uverbs_query_device(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
        if (ret)
                goto err_pd;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_add_tail(&uobj->list, &file->ucontext->pd_list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        memset(&resp, 0, sizeof resp);
        resp.pd_handle = uobj->id;
        return in_len;
 
 err_list:
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        down(&ib_uverbs_idr_mutex);
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_pd_idr, uobj->id);
 
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_pd_idr, cmd.pd_handle);
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        kfree(uobj);
 
 
        resp.mr_handle = obj->uobject.id;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_add_tail(&obj->uobject.list, &file->ucontext->mr_list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
                         &resp, sizeof resp)) {
        return in_len;
 
 err_list:
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&obj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
 err_unreg:
        ib_dereg_mr(mr);
 
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_mr_idr, cmd.mr_handle);
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&memobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        ib_umem_release(file->device->ib_dev, &memobj->umem);
        kfree(memobj);
        if (ret)
                goto err_cq;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_add_tail(&uobj->uobject.list, &file->ucontext->cq_list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        memset(&resp, 0, sizeof resp);
        resp.cq_handle = uobj->uobject.id;
        return in_len;
 
 err_list:
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        down(&ib_uverbs_idr_mutex);
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_cq_idr, uobj->uobject.id);
 
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_cq_idr, cmd.cq_handle);
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        spin_lock_irq(&file->comp_file[0].lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(evt, tmp, &uobj->comp_list, obj_list) {
 
        resp.qp_handle = uobj->uobject.id;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_add_tail(&uobj->uobject.list, &file->ucontext->qp_list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
                         &resp, sizeof resp)) {
        return in_len;
 
 err_list:
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
 err_destroy:
        ib_destroy_qp(qp);
 
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_qp_idr, cmd.qp_handle);
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        spin_lock_irq(&file->async_file.lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(evt, tmp, &uobj->event_list, obj_list) {
 
        resp.srq_handle = uobj->uobject.id;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_add_tail(&uobj->uobject.list, &file->ucontext->srq_list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        if (copy_to_user((void __user *) (unsigned long) cmd.response,
                         &resp, sizeof resp)) {
        return in_len;
 
 err_list:
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
 err_destroy:
        ib_destroy_srq(srq);
 
        idr_remove(&ib_uverbs_srq_idr, cmd.srq_handle);
 
-       spin_lock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       down(&file->mutex);
        list_del(&uobj->uobject.list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&file->ucontext->lock);
+       up(&file->mutex);
 
        spin_lock_irq(&file->async_file.lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(evt, tmp, &uobj->event_list, obj_list) {