diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
index 6578d19..388140a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 } atom_exec_context;
 
 int atom_debug = 0;
+static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
 void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
 
 static uint32_t atom_arg_mask[8] =
@@ -573,7 +574,7 @@
 	else
 		SDEBUG("   table: %d\n", idx);
 	if (U16(ctx->ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * idx))
-		atom_execute_table(ctx->ctx, idx, ctx->ps + ctx->ps_shift);
+		atom_execute_table_locked(ctx->ctx, idx, ctx->ps + ctx->ps_shift);
 }
 
 static void atom_op_clear(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
@@ -1040,7 +1041,7 @@
 	atom_op_shr, ATOM_ARG_MC}, {
 atom_op_debug, 0},};
 
-void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
+static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
 {
 	int base = CU16(ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * index);
 	int len, ws, ps, ptr;
@@ -1092,6 +1093,13 @@
 		kfree(ectx.ws);
 }
 
+void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+	atom_execute_table_locked(ctx, index, params);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+}
+
 static int atom_iio_len[] = { 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3 };
 
 static void atom_index_iio(struct atom_context *ctx, int base)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
index 6671848..47fd943 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 
 struct atom_context {
 	struct card_info *card;
+	struct mutex mutex;
 	void *bios;
 	uint32_t cmd_table, data_table;
 	uint16_t *iio;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 02bcdb1..99b95ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
 	atom_card_info->pll_write = cail_pll_write;
 
 	rdev->mode_info.atom_context = atom_parse(atom_card_info, rdev->bios);
+	mutex_init(&rdev->mode_info.atom_context->mutex);
 	radeon_atom_initialize_bios_scratch_regs(rdev->ddev);
 	atom_allocate_fb_scratch(rdev->mode_info.atom_context);
 	return 0;