diff -ru NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5/nv.c nvdriver_/nv.c
--- NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5/nv.c	Sat Aug 26 02:48:38 2000
+++ nvdriver_/nv.c	Thu Nov  9 00:23:42 2000
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
 #include <linux/modversions.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef mem_map_dec_count
+  #define mem_map_dec_count(p) atomic_inc(&((p)->count));
+#endif
+#ifndef mem_map_inc_count
+  #define mem_map_inc_count(p) atomic_dec(&((p)->count));
+#endif
+
 #include <nv.h>			        // needs to precede other headers (SMP)
 
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
diff -ru NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5/os-interface.c nvdriver_/os-interface.c
--- NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5/os-interface.c	Fri Sep  1 04:19:17 2000
+++ nvdriver_/os-interface.c	Thu Nov  9 00:22:45 2000
@@ -1331,6 +1331,11 @@
     char *parmp;
     char ch;
 
+    spinlock_t unload_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+    struct module *mp = THIS_MODULE;
+    struct module_symbol *sym;
+    int i;
+
     if ((strlen(regParmStr) + NV_SYM_PREFIX_LENGTH) > NV_MAX_SYM_NAME)
         goto done;
 
@@ -1351,11 +1356,17 @@
 
     *symp = '\0';
 
-    symbol_value = get_module_symbol(NV_MODULE_NAME, symbol_name);
-    
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 4, 0)
-    put_module_symbol(symbol_value);
-#endif
+    spin_lock(&unload_lock);
+    if (MOD_CAN_QUERY(mp) && (mp->nsyms > 0)) {
+        for (i = mp->nsyms, sym = mp->syms;
+             i > 0; --i, ++sym) {
+
+            if (strcmp(sym->name, symbol_name) == 0) {
+                symbol_value = sym->value;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    spin_unlock(&unload_lock);
 
  done:
     return (void *) symbol_value;