diff --git a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-dmfc.c b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-dmfc.c
index 042c3958e2a099224b25cafd194e076b7150f67c..129ccfa9d1d604bfcdc7056d810534521fc304ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-dmfc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-dmfc.c
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ int ipu_dmfc_init_channel(struct dmfc_channel *dmfc, int width)
 	struct ipu_dmfc_priv *priv = dmfc->priv;
 	u32 dmfc_gen1;
 
+	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
+
 	dmfc_gen1 = readl(priv->base + DMFC_GENERAL1);
 
 	if ((dmfc->slots * 64 * 4) / width > dmfc->data->max_fifo_lines)
@@ -364,6 +366,8 @@ int ipu_dmfc_init_channel(struct dmfc_channel *dmfc, int width)
 
 	writel(dmfc_gen1, priv->base + DMFC_GENERAL1);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipu_dmfc_init_channel);