diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index a102152301c8327b347e32d11230d635d3655cc2..97332d094fe23a7d6e6ad463bcc2262e1313d46c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
 				     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	char *driver_override, *old = pdev->driver_override, *cp;
+	char *driver_override, *old, *cp;
 
 	if (count > PATH_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -879,12 +879,15 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (cp)
 		*cp = '\0';
 
+	device_lock(dev);
+	old = pdev->driver_override;
 	if (strlen(driver_override)) {
 		pdev->driver_override = driver_override;
 	} else {
 		kfree(driver_override);
 		pdev->driver_override = NULL;
 	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
 
 	kfree(old);
 
@@ -895,8 +898,12 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	ssize_t len;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
+	device_lock(dev);
+	len = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
+	device_unlock(dev);
+	return len;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);