diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
index 41ce411a64f90255c346cd638bf62e65b47767c5..c1cbabcfb9d4b1f0fc7cf1913f53000a391c5529 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ static void tilcdc_crtc_destroy(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	struct tilcdc_crtc *tilcdc_crtc = to_tilcdc_crtc(crtc);
 	struct tilcdc_drm_private *priv = crtc->dev->dev_private;
 
+	drm_modeset_lock_crtc(crtc, NULL);
 	tilcdc_crtc_disable(crtc);
+	drm_modeset_unlock_crtc(crtc);
 
 	flush_workqueue(priv->wq);