diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
index 932ed9be9ff3d756fb35948e8183e09faaa60c34..6174a592adcc3f917a0d8e85b2939b12052bd9a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
@@ -2677,7 +2677,9 @@ static int smiapp_registered(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev)
 		pll->flags |= SMIAPP_PLL_FLAG_NO_OP_CLOCKS;
 	pll->scale_n = sensor->limits[SMIAPP_LIMIT_SCALER_N_MIN];
 
+	mutex_lock(&sensor->mutex);
 	rval = smiapp_update_mode(sensor);
+	mutex_unlock(&sensor->mutex);
 	if (rval) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "update mode failed\n");
 		goto out_nvm_release;