diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
index 26a593b3d7dc..214a2c67fba4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
@@ -1847,13 +1847,9 @@ static int kfd_ioctl_svm(struct file *filep, struct kfd_process *p, void *data)
 	if (!args->start_addr || !args->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&p->mutex);
-
 	r = svm_ioctl(p, args->op, args->start_addr, args->size, args->nattr,
 		      args->attrs);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
-
 	return r;
 }
 #else