diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 065d933df2c3b17e2b1bb772d41ebf08be7ee75c..a0c60e738db8d7be5e841311832e82f0b45bd7fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -930,8 +930,12 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *_msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (use_vram) {
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma;
 		struct page **pages;
+		struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
+
+		mutex_lock(&msm_obj->lock);
 
 		vma = add_vma(obj, NULL);
+		mutex_unlock(&msm_obj->lock);
 		if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
 			goto fail;