diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
index 4c1f6aaec0fc..90946a8b9a75 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 
 /* PIIX4 SMBus address offsets */
@@ -153,10 +152,7 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id piix4_dmi_ibm[] = {
 
 /*
  * SB800 globals
- * piix4_mutex_sb800 protects piix4_port_sel_sb800 and the pair
- * of I/O ports at SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX.
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(piix4_mutex_sb800);
 static u8 piix4_port_sel_sb800;
 static u8 piix4_port_mask_sb800;
 static u8 piix4_port_shift_sb800;
@@ -298,12 +294,19 @@ static int piix4_setup_sb800(struct pci_dev *PIIX4_dev,
 	else
 		smb_en = (aux) ? 0x28 : 0x2c;
 
-	mutex_lock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
+	if (!request_muxed_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2, "sb800_piix4_smb")) {
+		dev_err(&PIIX4_dev->dev,
+			"SMB base address index region 0x%x already in use.\n",
+			SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	outb_p(smb_en, SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
 	smba_en_lo = inb_p(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX + 1);
 	outb_p(smb_en + 1, SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
 	smba_en_hi = inb_p(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX + 1);
-	mutex_unlock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
+
+	release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
 
 	if (!smb_en) {
 		smb_en_status = smba_en_lo & 0x10;
@@ -373,7 +376,12 @@ static int piix4_setup_sb800(struct pci_dev *PIIX4_dev,
 			break;
 		}
 	} else {
-		mutex_lock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
+		if (!request_muxed_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2,
+					  "sb800_piix4_smb")) {
+			release_region(piix4_smba, SMBIOSIZE);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
+
 		outb_p(SB800_PIIX4_PORT_IDX_SEL, SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
 		port_sel = inb_p(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX + 1);
 		piix4_port_sel_sb800 = (port_sel & 0x01) ?
@@ -381,7 +389,7 @@ static int piix4_setup_sb800(struct pci_dev *PIIX4_dev,
 				       SB800_PIIX4_PORT_IDX;
 		piix4_port_mask_sb800 = SB800_PIIX4_PORT_IDX_MASK;
 		piix4_port_shift_sb800 = SB800_PIIX4_PORT_IDX_SHIFT;
-		mutex_unlock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
+		release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
 	}
 
 	dev_info(&PIIX4_dev->dev,
@@ -679,7 +687,8 @@ static s32 piix4_access_sb800(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 	u8 port;
 	int retval;
 
-	mutex_lock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
+	if (!request_muxed_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2, "sb800_piix4_smb"))
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Request the SMBUS semaphore, avoid conflicts with the IMC */
 	smbslvcnt  = inb_p(SMBSLVCNT);
@@ -695,8 +704,8 @@ static s32 piix4_access_sb800(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 	} while (--retries);
 	/* SMBus is still owned by the IMC, we give up */
 	if (!retries) {
-		mutex_unlock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		retval = -EBUSY;
+		goto release;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -753,8 +762,8 @@ static s32 piix4_access_sb800(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 	if ((size == I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA) && adapdata->notify_imc)
 		piix4_imc_wakeup();
 
-	mutex_unlock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
-
+release:
+	release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -899,13 +908,6 @@ static int piix4_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		bool notify_imc = false;
 		is_sb800 = true;
 
-		if (!request_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2, "smba_idx")) {
-			dev_err(&dev->dev,
-			"SMBus base address index region 0x%x already in use!\n",
-			SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
-			return -EBUSY;
-		}
-
 		if (dev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD &&
 		    dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_KERNCZ_SMBUS) {
 			u8 imc;
@@ -922,20 +924,16 @@ static int piix4_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 		/* base address location etc changed in SB800 */
 		retval = piix4_setup_sb800(dev, id, 0);
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
+		if (retval < 0)
 			return retval;
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Try to register multiplexed main SMBus adapter,
 		 * give up if we can't
 		 */
 		retval = piix4_add_adapters_sb800(dev, retval, notify_imc);
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
+		if (retval < 0)
 			return retval;
-		}
 	} else {
 		retval = piix4_setup(dev, id);
 		if (retval < 0)
@@ -983,11 +981,8 @@ static void piix4_adap_remove(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	if (adapdata->smba) {
 		i2c_del_adapter(adap);
-		if (adapdata->port == (0 << piix4_port_shift_sb800)) {
+		if (adapdata->port == (0 << piix4_port_shift_sb800))
 			release_region(adapdata->smba, SMBIOSIZE);
-			if (adapdata->sb800_main)
-				release_region(SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX, 2);
-		}
 		kfree(adapdata);
 		kfree(adap);
 	}