diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ttm.c
index 18f4497157885a897a9cbec14c390d397a02ca25..1f8ec0e2156cade9705e39a546ff719cdc0835ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ttm.c
@@ -424,10 +424,8 @@ nouveau_ttm_init(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
 void
 nouveau_ttm_fini(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&drm->dev->struct_mutex);
 	ttm_bo_clean_mm(&drm->ttm.bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM);
 	ttm_bo_clean_mm(&drm->ttm.bdev, TTM_PL_TT);
-	mutex_unlock(&drm->dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	ttm_bo_device_release(&drm->ttm.bdev);