diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
index 2542196e8c3d..2c023db8f51c 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ int pci_epc_add_epf(struct pci_epc *epc, struct pci_epf *epf,
 	if (type == SECONDARY_INTERFACE && epf->sec_epc)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	mutex_lock(&epc->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&epc->list_lock);
 	func_no = find_first_zero_bit(&epc->function_num_map,
 				      BITS_PER_LONG);
 	if (func_no >= BITS_PER_LONG) {
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ int pci_epc_add_epf(struct pci_epc *epc, struct pci_epf *epf,
 
 	list_add_tail(list, &epc->pci_epf);
 ret:
-	mutex_unlock(&epc->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&epc->list_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -672,11 +672,11 @@ void pci_epc_remove_epf(struct pci_epc *epc, struct pci_epf *epf,
 		list = &epf->sec_epc_list;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&epc->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&epc->list_lock);
 	clear_bit(func_no, &epc->function_num_map);
 	list_del(list);
 	epf->epc = NULL;
-	mutex_unlock(&epc->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&epc->list_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_epc_remove_epf);
 
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ __pci_epc_create(struct device *dev, const struct pci_epc_ops *ops,
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&epc->lock);
+	mutex_init(&epc->list_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&epc->pci_epf);
 	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&epc->notifier);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pci-epc.h b/include/linux/pci-epc.h
index a48778e1a4ee..fe729dfe509b 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci-epc.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci-epc.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ struct pci_epc_mem {
  * struct pci_epc - represents the PCI EPC device
  * @dev: PCI EPC device
  * @pci_epf: list of endpoint functions present in this EPC device
+ * list_lock: Mutex for protecting pci_epf list
  * @ops: function pointers for performing endpoint operations
  * @windows: array of address space of the endpoint controller
  * @mem: first window of the endpoint controller, which corresponds to
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ struct pci_epc_mem {
 struct pci_epc {
 	struct device			dev;
 	struct list_head		pci_epf;
+	struct mutex			list_lock;
 	const struct pci_epc_ops	*ops;
 	struct pci_epc_mem		**windows;
 	struct pci_epc_mem		*mem;