diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16080.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16080.c
index 236220d6de02..1b84b8e112fe 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16080.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/adis16080.c
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ struct adis16080_chip_info {
  * @us:			actual spi_device to write data
  * @info:		chip specific parameters
  * @buf:		transmit or receive buffer
+ * @lock		lock to protect buffer during reads
  **/
 struct adis16080_state {
 	struct spi_device		*us;
 	const struct adis16080_chip_info *info;
+	struct mutex			lock;
 
 	__be16 buf ____cacheline_aligned;
 };
@@ -82,9 +84,9 @@ static int adis16080_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 	switch (mask) {
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW:
-		mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
+		mutex_lock(&st->lock);
 		ret = adis16080_read_sample(indio_dev, chan->address, val);
-		mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
+		mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
 		return ret ? ret : IIO_VAL_INT;
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE:
 		switch (chan->type) {
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ static int adis16080_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	/* this is only used for removal purposes */
 	spi_set_drvdata(spi, indio_dev);
 
+	mutex_init(&st->lock);
+
 	/* Allocate the comms buffers */
 	st->us = spi;
 	st->info = &adis16080_chip_info[id->driver_data];