diff --git a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
index ffc13ea196d2..24db02de1787 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-static DEFINE_RT_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmsg_lock);
 
 static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	rt_mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
 	ret = psinfo->write_user(&record, buf);
-	rt_mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&pmsg_lock);
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }