diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 98e7834..59098ea 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 	if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
 			(atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1))
 	{
-		down(&EXT3_I(inode)->truncate_sem);
+		mutex_lock(&EXT3_I(inode)->truncate_mutex);
 		ext3_discard_reservation(inode);
-		up(&EXT3_I(inode)->truncate_sem);
+		mutex_unlock(&EXT3_I(inode)->truncate_mutex);
 	}
 	if (is_dx(inode) && filp->private_data)
 		ext3_htree_free_dir_info(filp->private_data);