diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index bf9357123bc5..49f41074baad 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -5981,7 +5981,7 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* Expects you to already be holding tl_inode->i_mutex */
+/* Expects you to already be holding tl_inode->i_rwsem */
 int __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
 	int status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 498da317580a..c23e1c243cc6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 
 	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-	/* Delete orphan before acquire i_mutex. */
+	/* Delete orphan before acquire i_rwsem. */
 	if (dwc->dw_orphaned) {
 		BUG_ON(dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current));
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
index 625c92521416..27fee68f860a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static struct config_group *o2nm_cluster_group_make_group(struct config_group *g
 	struct o2nm_node_group *ns = NULL;
 	struct config_group *o2hb_group = NULL, *ret = NULL;
 
-	/* this runs under the parent dir's i_mutex; there can be only
+	/* this runs under the parent dir's i_rwsem; there can be only
 	 * one caller in here at a time */
 	if (o2nm_single_cluster)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index f2cc1ff29e6d..81c3d65d68fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ bail_nolock:
 }
 
 /*
- * NOTE: this should always be called with parent dir i_mutex taken.
+ * NOTE: this should always be called with parent dir i_rwsem taken.
  */
 int ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(const char *name,
 			     int namelen,
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ int ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
  * Return 0 if the name does not exist
  * Return -EEXIST if the directory contains the name
  *
- * Callers should have i_mutex + a cluster lock on dir
+ * Callers should have i_rwsem + a cluster lock on dir
  */
 int ocfs2_check_dir_for_entry(struct inode *dir,
 			      const char *name,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 24321c44cd42..01b7407a8893 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ int ocfs2_update_inode_atime(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't use ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty() here as we don't always
-	 * have i_mutex to guard against concurrent changes to other
+	 * have i_rwsem to guard against concurrent changes to other
 	 * inode fields.
 	 */
 	inode->i_atime = current_time(inode);
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_file(struct inode *inode,
 	/*
 	 * The alloc sem blocks people in read/write from reading our
 	 * allocation until we're done changing it. We depend on
-	 * i_mutex to block other extend/truncate calls while we're
+	 * i_rwsem to block other extend/truncate calls while we're
 	 * here.  We even have to hold it for sparse files because there
 	 * might be some tail zeroing.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 6c2411c2afcf..5739dc301569 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ bail:
 /*
  * Serialize with orphan dir recovery. If the process doing
  * recovery on this orphan dir does an iget() with the dir
- * i_mutex held, we'll deadlock here. Instead we detect this
+ * i_rwsem held, we'll deadlock here. Instead we detect this
  * and exit early - recovery will wipe this inode for us.
  */
 static int ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 5f6bacbeef6b..c4426d12a2ad 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ out:
 
 /*
  * make sure we've got at least bits_wanted contiguous bits in the
- * local alloc. You lose them when you drop i_mutex.
+ * local alloc. You lose them when you drop i_rwsem.
  *
  * We will add ourselves to the transaction passed in, but may start
  * our own in order to shift windows.
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	/*
 	 * We must double check state and allocator bits because
-	 * another process may have changed them while holding i_mutex.
+	 * another process may have changed them while holding i_rwsem.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
 	if (!ocfs2_la_state_enabled(osb) ||
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ enum ocfs2_la_event {
 /*
  * Given an event, calculate the size of our next local alloc window.
  *
- * This should always be called under i_mutex of the local alloc inode
+ * This should always be called under i_rwsem of the local alloc inode
  * so that local alloc disabling doesn't race with processes trying to
  * use the allocator.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 2c46ff6ba4ea..c75fd54b9185 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ leave:
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
 
 	/*
-	 * We should call iput after the i_mutex of the bitmap been
+	 * We should call iput after the i_rwsem of the bitmap been
 	 * unlocked in ocfs2_free_alloc_context, or the
 	 * ocfs2_delete_inode will mutex_lock again.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index bb62cc2e0211..337527571461 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct delayed_work		la_enable_wq;
 
 	/*
-	 * Must hold local alloc i_mutex and osb->osb_lock to change
+	 * Must hold local alloc i_rwsem and osb->osb_lock to change
 	 * local_alloc_bits. Reads can be done under either lock.
 	 */
 	unsigned int local_alloc_bits;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	atomic_t			osb_tl_disable;
 	/*
 	 * How many clusters in our truncate log.
-	 * It must be protected by osb_tl_inode->i_mutex.
+	 * It must be protected by osb_tl_inode->i_rwsem.
 	 */
 	unsigned int truncated_clusters;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index f033de733adb..273f65e0aaba 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * should be obeyed by all the functions:
  * - any write of quota structure (either to local or global file) is protected
  *   by dqio_sem or dquot->dq_lock.
- * - any modification of global quota file holds inode cluster lock, i_mutex,
+ * - any modification of global quota file holds inode cluster lock, i_rwsem,
  *   and ip_alloc_sem of the global quota file (achieved by
  *   ocfs2_lock_global_qf). It also has to hold qinfo_lock.
  * - an allocation of new blocks for local quota file is protected by
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index dd784eb0cd7c..95d0611c5fc7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -7205,7 +7205,7 @@ out:
  * Used for reflink a non-preserve-security file.
  *
  * It uses common api like ocfs2_xattr_set, so the caller
- * must not hold any lock expect i_mutex.
+ * must not hold any lock expect i_rwsem.
  */
 int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 				struct inode *inode,