diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
index 3fe816f6beca2fa742d34c2afd4ed5e100e25b1e..283a216ee758a2aac6148f68807c630a277bf218 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
@@ -500,18 +500,14 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_parser_bos(struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p,
 	struct amdgpu_fpriv *fpriv = p->filp->driver_priv;
 	struct amdgpu_bo_list_entry *e;
 	struct list_head duplicates;
-	bool need_mmap_lock = false;
 	unsigned i, tries = 10;
 	int r;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->validated);
 
 	p->bo_list = amdgpu_bo_list_get(fpriv, cs->in.bo_list_handle);
-	if (p->bo_list) {
-		need_mmap_lock = p->bo_list->first_userptr !=
-			p->bo_list->num_entries;
+	if (p->bo_list)
 		amdgpu_bo_list_get_list(p->bo_list, &p->validated);
-	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&duplicates);
 	amdgpu_vm_get_pd_bo(&fpriv->vm, &p->validated, &p->vm_pd);
@@ -519,9 +515,6 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_parser_bos(struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p,
 	if (p->uf_entry.robj)
 		list_add(&p->uf_entry.tv.head, &p->validated);
 
-	if (need_mmap_lock)
-		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
 	while (1) {
 		struct list_head need_pages;
 		unsigned i;
@@ -674,9 +667,6 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_parser_bos(struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p,
 
 error_free_pages:
 
-	if (need_mmap_lock)
-		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
 	if (p->bo_list) {
 		for (i = p->bo_list->first_userptr;
 		     i < p->bo_list->num_entries; ++i) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
index f1e61b3df64088906b9506ba795303b6a7c40667..b0d45c8e6bb3f7762357f09cb3a570607cee5bb8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
@@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ int amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 
 	if (args->flags & AMDGPU_GEM_USERPTR_VALIDATE) {
-		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
 		r = amdgpu_ttm_tt_get_user_pages(bo->tbo.ttm,
 						 bo->tbo.ttm->pages);
 		if (r)
@@ -334,8 +332,6 @@ int amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		amdgpu_bo_unreserve(bo);
 		if (r)
 			goto free_pages;
-
-		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
 
 	r = drm_gem_handle_create(filp, gobj, &handle);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
index 28e12198433294dc1f811c4a3bddaadf5dcd6e5a..ea0378c8b04979d2479ce6a77ce2c7ae7de9616f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ int amdgpu_ttm_tt_get_user_pages(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct page **pages)
 	if (!(gtt->userflags & AMDGPU_GEM_USERPTR_READONLY))
 		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
 
+	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	if (gtt->userflags & AMDGPU_GEM_USERPTR_ANONONLY) {
 		/* check that we only use anonymous memory
 		   to prevent problems with writeback */
@@ -629,8 +631,10 @@ int amdgpu_ttm_tt_get_user_pages(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct page **pages)
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
 		vma = find_vma(gtt->usermm, gtt->userptr);
-		if (!vma || vma->vm_file || vma->vm_end < end)
+		if (!vma || vma->vm_file || vma->vm_end < end) {
+			up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 			return -EPERM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	do {
@@ -657,10 +661,12 @@ int amdgpu_ttm_tt_get_user_pages(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct page **pages)
 
 	} while (pinned < ttm->num_pages);
 
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	return 0;
 
 release_pages:
 	release_pages(pages, pinned, 0);
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	return r;
 }