diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 841f0bd3eaaf8426194c8cd838c1a0dfb67f37cc..f07637a8f88fd038bac53f44c7181ea901c2ec51 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2723,7 +2723,11 @@ static void __do_SAK(void *arg)
 		}
 		task_lock(p);
 		if (p->files) {
-			rcu_read_lock();
+			/*
+			 * We don't take a ref to the file, so we must
+			 * hold ->file_lock instead.
+			 */
+			spin_lock(&p->files->file_lock);
 			fdt = files_fdtable(p->files);
 			for (i=0; i < fdt->max_fds; i++) {
 				filp = fcheck_files(p->files, i);
@@ -2738,7 +2742,7 @@ static void __do_SAK(void *arg)
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+			spin_unlock(&p->files->file_lock);
 		}
 		task_unlock(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index dda83d6cd48b17934797de3f6c9f65c52662f859..efad798824dc19913b7aace09dbee47b8c6ca6a7 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -2230,7 +2230,12 @@ void steal_locks(fl_owner_t from)
 
 	lock_kernel();
 	j = 0;
-	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	/*
+	 * We are not taking a ref to the file structures, so
+	 * we need to acquire ->file_lock.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long set;
@@ -2248,7 +2253,7 @@ void steal_locks(fl_owner_t from)
 			set >>= 1;
 		}
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 	unlock_kernel();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(steal_locks);
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index a3a3eecef68946110f8f2641959af78eff7be428..6cc77dc3f3ff79c49fa7d4ce89360b595995d839 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -297,16 +297,20 @@ static int proc_fd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsm
 
 	files = get_files_struct(task);
 	if (files) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
+		/*
+		 * We are not taking a ref to the file structure, so we must
+		 * hold ->file_lock.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 		if (file) {
 			*mnt = mntget(file->f_vfsmnt);
 			*dentry = dget(file->f_dentry);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+			spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 			put_files_struct(files);
 			return 0;
 		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 		put_files_struct(files);
 	}
 	return -ENOENT;
@@ -1523,7 +1527,12 @@ static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 	if (!files)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFLNK;
-	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	/*
+	 * We are not taking a ref to the file structure, so we must
+	 * hold ->file_lock.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out_unlock2;
@@ -1531,7 +1540,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IRUSR | S_IXUSR;
 	if (file->f_mode & 2)
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 	put_files_struct(files);
 	inode->i_op = &proc_pid_link_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_size = 64;
@@ -1541,7 +1550,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 	return NULL;
 
 out_unlock2:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 	put_files_struct(files);
 out_unlock:
 	iput(inode);