diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
index 5c2c9a6e4ee4..8c3a184b6649 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
@@ -1446,11 +1446,13 @@ static void ngd_adsp_down(struct msm_slim_ctrl *dev)
 	struct slim_controller *ctrl = &dev->ctrl;
 	struct slim_device *sbdev;
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->ssr_lock);
 	ngd_slim_enable(dev, false);
 	/* device up should be called again after SSR */
 	list_for_each_entry(sbdev, &ctrl->devs, dev_list)
 		slim_report_absent(sbdev);
 	SLIM_INFO(dev, "SLIM ADSP SSR (DOWN) done\n");
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->ssr_lock);
 }
 
 static void ngd_adsp_up(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1459,7 +1461,9 @@ static void ngd_adsp_up(struct work_struct *work)
 		container_of(work, struct msm_slim_qmi, ssr_up);
 	struct msm_slim_ctrl *dev =
 		container_of(qmi, struct msm_slim_ctrl, qmi);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->ssr_lock);
 	ngd_slim_enable(dev, true);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->ssr_lock);
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_mask(struct device *device, struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -1623,6 +1627,7 @@ static int ngd_slim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	init_completion(&dev->reconf);
 	init_completion(&dev->ctrl_up);
 	mutex_init(&dev->tx_lock);
+	mutex_init(&dev->ssr_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->tx_buf_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->rx_lock);
 	dev->ee = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm.h b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm.h
index dbb125dc9a62..0b4c4d33f79a 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm.h
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2011-2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2011-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ struct msm_slim_ctrl {
 	struct clk		*rclk;
 	struct clk		*hclk;
 	struct mutex		tx_lock;
+	struct mutex		ssr_lock;
 	spinlock_t		tx_buf_lock;
 	u8			pgdla;
 	enum msm_slim_msgq	use_rx_msgqs;