diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index eeaf5a7c3aa767a6676b9b6054a020b3fea87445..4b088afa21b257dbd76748f6da404a0d61a8c35b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -708,8 +708,6 @@ static int drm_dp_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-	mutex_lock(&aux->hw_mutex);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		msg.address = msgs[i].addr;
 		drm_dp_i2c_msg_set_request(&msg, &msgs[i]);
@@ -764,8 +762,6 @@ static int drm_dp_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
 	msg.size = 0;
 	(void)drm_dp_i2c_do_msg(aux, &msg);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&aux->hw_mutex);
-
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -774,6 +770,26 @@ static const struct i2c_algorithm drm_dp_i2c_algo = {
 	.master_xfer = drm_dp_i2c_xfer,
 };
 
+static struct drm_dp_aux *i2c_to_aux(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
+{
+	return container_of(i2c, struct drm_dp_aux, ddc);
+}
+
+static void lock_bus(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&i2c_to_aux(i2c)->hw_mutex);
+}
+
+static int trylock_bus(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return mutex_trylock(&i2c_to_aux(i2c)->hw_mutex);
+}
+
+static void unlock_bus(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&i2c_to_aux(i2c)->hw_mutex);
+}
+
 /**
  * drm_dp_aux_register() - initialise and register aux channel
  * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
@@ -790,6 +806,10 @@ int drm_dp_aux_register(struct drm_dp_aux *aux)
 	aux->ddc.algo_data = aux;
 	aux->ddc.retries = 3;
 
+	aux->ddc.lock_bus = lock_bus;
+	aux->ddc.trylock_bus = trylock_bus;
+	aux->ddc.unlock_bus = unlock_bus;
+
 	aux->ddc.class = I2C_CLASS_DDC;
 	aux->ddc.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	aux->ddc.dev.parent = aux->dev;