diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_debugfs.c
index 95ade441caa871d83c2ad1f7c18abd1725e4c0ce..91cf043f2b6ba8e17de4956c13701c503df885da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_debugfs.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ static int gem_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 	struct omap_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 
 	seq_printf(m, "All Objects:\n");
+	mutex_lock(&priv->list_lock);
 	omap_gem_describe_objects(&priv->obj_list, m);
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index ef3b0e3571ec860ee64c3f75d15c08c00b83c011..5fcf9eaf3eafeb5fe01c5719e7f9ccf931511309 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static int omapdrm_init(struct omap_drm_private *priv, struct device *dev)
 	priv->omaprev = soc ? (unsigned int)soc->data : 0;
 	priv->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("omapdrm", 0);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->list_lock);
+	mutex_init(&priv->list_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->obj_list);
 
 	/* Allocate and initialize the DRM device. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
index 6eaee4df45594c8d23ba3df0af07244e07c92d6c..f27c8e216adf894f8180f40b0c885b2c683ccd86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct omap_drm_private {
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 
 	/* lock for obj_list below */
-	spinlock_t list_lock;
+	struct mutex list_lock;
 
 	/* list of GEM objects: */
 	struct list_head obj_list;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
index cebbdf081e5dd46209eabef0dd6aea939f675695..4ba5d035c5909eed0f05b978324186e7ba1b46c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ int omap_gem_resume(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct omap_gem_object *omap_obj;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	mutex_lock(&priv->list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(omap_obj, &priv->obj_list, mm_list) {
 		if (omap_obj->block) {
 			struct drm_gem_object *obj = &omap_obj->base;
@@ -1011,12 +1012,14 @@ int omap_gem_resume(struct drm_device *dev)
 					omap_obj->roll, true);
 			if (ret) {
 				dev_err(dev->dev, "could not repin: %d\n", ret);
-				return ret;
+				goto done;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+done:
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1086,9 +1089,9 @@ void omap_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 
 	omap_gem_evict(obj);
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->list_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&priv->list_lock);
 	list_del(&omap_obj->mm_list);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We own the sole reference to the object at this point, but to keep
@@ -1218,9 +1221,9 @@ struct drm_gem_object *omap_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 			goto err_release;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->list_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&priv->list_lock);
 	list_add(&omap_obj->mm_list, &priv->obj_list);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->list_lock);
 
 	return obj;