diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 9b4c418bebd8..fd60eccb59a6 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct unix_sock {
 	struct sock		sk;
 	struct unix_address     *addr;
 	struct path		path;
-	struct mutex		readlock;
+	struct mutex		iolock, bindlock;
 	struct sock		*peer;
 	struct list_head	link;
 	atomic_long_t		inflight;
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index f13f9bca8985..824cc1e160bc 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -661,11 +661,11 @@ static int unix_set_peek_off(struct sock *sk, int val)
 {
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
 
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock))
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->iolock))
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	sk->sk_peek_off = val;
-	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -778,7 +778,8 @@ static struct sock *unix_create1(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int kern)
 	spin_lock_init(&u->lock);
 	atomic_long_set(&u->inflight, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&u->link);
-	mutex_init(&u->readlock); /* single task reading lock */
+	mutex_init(&u->iolock); /* single task reading lock */
+	mutex_init(&u->bindlock); /* single task binding lock */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&u->peer_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&u->peer_wake, unix_dgram_peer_wake_relay);
 	unix_insert_socket(unix_sockets_unbound(sk), sk);
@@ -847,7 +848,7 @@ static int unix_autobind(struct socket *sock)
 	int err;
 	unsigned int retries = 0;
 
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->bindlock);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -894,7 +895,7 @@ retry:
 	spin_unlock(&unix_table_lock);
 	err = 0;
 
-out:	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+out:	mutex_unlock(&u->bindlock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1008,7 +1009,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 		goto out;
 	addr_len = err;
 
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->bindlock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1062,7 +1063,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&unix_table_lock);
 out_up:
-	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&u->bindlock);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1957,17 +1958,17 @@ static ssize_t unix_stream_sendpage(struct socket *socket, struct page *page,
 	if (false) {
 alloc_skb:
 		unix_state_unlock(other);
-		mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->readlock);
+		mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->iolock);
 		newskb = sock_alloc_send_pskb(sk, 0, 0, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT,
 					      &err, 0);
 		if (!newskb)
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	/* we must acquire readlock as we modify already present
+	/* we must acquire iolock as we modify already present
 	 * skbs in the sk_receive_queue and mess with skb->len
 	 */
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&unix_sk(other)->readlock);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&unix_sk(other)->iolock);
 	if (err) {
 		err = flags & MSG_DONTWAIT ? -EAGAIN : -ERESTARTSYS;
 		goto err;
@@ -2034,7 +2035,7 @@ alloc_skb:
 	}
 
 	unix_state_unlock(other);
-	mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->iolock);
 
 	other->sk_data_ready(other);
 	scm_destroy(&scm);
@@ -2043,7 +2044,7 @@ alloc_skb:
 err_state_unlock:
 	unix_state_unlock(other);
 err_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&unix_sk(other)->iolock);
 err:
 	kfree_skb(newskb);
 	if (send_sigpipe && !(flags & MSG_NOSIGNAL))
@@ -2108,7 +2109,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->iolock);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		/* recvmsg() in non blocking mode is supposed to return -EAGAIN
 		 * sk_rcvtimeo is not honored by mutex_lock_interruptible()
@@ -2184,7 +2185,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 out_free:
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2279,7 +2280,7 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state)
 	/* Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
 	 */
-	mutex_lock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_lock(&u->iolock);
 
 	if (flags & MSG_PEEK)
 		skip = sk_peek_offset(sk, flags);
@@ -2320,7 +2321,7 @@ again:
 				break;
 			}
 
-			mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+			mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 
 			timeo = unix_stream_data_wait(sk, timeo, last,
 						      last_len);
@@ -2331,7 +2332,7 @@ again:
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			mutex_lock(&u->readlock);
+			mutex_lock(&u->iolock);
 			continue;
 unlock:
 			unix_state_unlock(sk);
@@ -2434,7 +2435,7 @@ unlock:
 		}
 	} while (size);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 	if (state->msg)
 		scm_recv(sock, state->msg, &scm, flags);
 	else
@@ -2475,9 +2476,9 @@ static ssize_t skb_unix_socket_splice(struct sock *sk,
 	int ret;
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 	ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, spd);
-	mutex_lock(&u->readlock);
+	mutex_lock(&u->iolock);
 
 	return ret;
 }