diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index fc81af9dbf42d1a3522b98fa9620f3240a1978b2..40c187c60f44fcb2ea45bedede0fe003f9e8ebb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static struct drm_ioctl_desc drm_ioctls[] = {
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_IOCTL_SG_ALLOC, drm_sg_alloc_ioctl, DRM_AUTH|DRM_MASTER|DRM_ROOT_ONLY),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_IOCTL_SG_FREE, drm_sg_free, DRM_AUTH|DRM_MASTER|DRM_ROOT_ONLY),
 
-	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK, drm_wait_vblank, 0),
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK, drm_wait_vblank, DRM_UNLOCKED),
 
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL, drm_modeset_ctl, 0),