diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
index f74c30aa33a0e334eda733ae1a0ea5b9a3d10377..48f06378d3f9d5f9e09e03291a11d6e26527f674 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ nouveau_subdev_create_(struct nouveau_object *parent,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	mutex_init(&subdev->mutex);
+	__mutex_init(&subdev->mutex, subname, &oclass->lock_class_key);
 	subdev->name = subname;
 
 	if (parent) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
index 5982935ee23a96896fb12d98e2dc5f723ab245e0..106bb19fdd9a65ee12b0c92241ea5045a4b692ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ int  nouveau_object_fini(struct nouveau_object *, bool suspend);
 
 extern struct nouveau_ofuncs nouveau_object_ofuncs;
 
+/* Don't allocate dynamically, because lockdep needs lock_class_keys to be in
+ * ".data". */
 struct nouveau_oclass {
 	u32 handle;
-	struct nouveau_ofuncs *ofuncs;
-	struct nouveau_omthds *omthds;
+	struct nouveau_ofuncs * const ofuncs;
+	struct nouveau_omthds * const omthds;
+	struct lock_class_key lock_class_key;
 };
 
 #define nv_oclass(o)    nv_object(o)->oclass
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index efcfefa04123a55125de5f7889b5c1851324e263..43c78516941b88e42c4e14c2468b2cd84092aa1c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ nouveau_drm_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct lock_class_key drm_client_lock_class_key;
+
 static int
 nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	ret = nouveau_cli_create(pdev, "DRM", sizeof(*drm), (void**)&drm);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	lockdep_set_class(&drm->client.mutex, &drm_client_lock_class_key);
 
 	dev->dev_private = drm;
 	drm->dev = dev;