diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/core/event.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/core/event.h
index 8e8fb4b6bca4fbceeff70139d5873d9765273af4..82b267c111470af7a09726d2dab5d9aa632d3b7c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/core/event.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/core/event.h
@@ -25,8 +25,23 @@ struct nvkm_event_func {
 	void (*fini)(struct nvkm_event *, int type, int index);
 };
 
-int  nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *, int types_nr,
-		     int index_nr, struct nvkm_event *);
+int  __nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *, int types_nr,
+		       int index_nr, struct nvkm_event *);
+
+/* Each nvkm_event needs its own lockdep class due to inter-dependencies, to
+ * prevent lockdep false-positives.
+ *
+ * Inlining the spinlock initialisation ensures each is unique.
+ */
+static __always_inline int
+nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *subdev,
+		int types_nr, int index_nr, struct nvkm_event *event)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&event->refs_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&event->list_lock);
+	return __nvkm_event_init(func, subdev, types_nr, index_nr, event);
+}
+
 void nvkm_event_fini(struct nvkm_event *);
 
 #define NVKM_EVENT_KEEP 0
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/event.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/event.c
index 622df36391be96aea0340862058b5eb9a4e0f681..a6c877135598f7cd7447bfc50465b51e2d0fd4fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/event.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/event.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ nvkm_event_fini(struct nvkm_event *event)
 }
 
 int
-nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *subdev,
-		int types_nr, int index_nr, struct nvkm_event *event)
+__nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *subdev,
+		  int types_nr, int index_nr, struct nvkm_event *event)
 {
 	event->refs = kzalloc(array3_size(index_nr, types_nr, sizeof(*event->refs)), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event->refs)
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ nvkm_event_init(const struct nvkm_event_func *func, struct nvkm_subdev *subdev,
 	event->subdev = subdev;
 	event->types_nr = types_nr;
 	event->index_nr = index_nr;
-	spin_lock_init(&event->refs_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&event->list_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->ntfy);
 	return 0;
 }