diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 7bd7e98..f50c87c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
 	dma_addr_t			context_phys;
 	struct dma_device		dma_device;
 	struct clk			*clk;
+	struct mutex			channel_0_lock;
 	struct sdma_script_start_addrs	*script_addrs;
 };
 
@@ -415,11 +416,15 @@
 	dma_addr_t buf_phys;
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sdma->channel_0_lock);
+
 	buf_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL,
 			size,
 			&buf_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf_virt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!buf_virt) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
 
 	bd0->mode.command = C0_SETPM;
 	bd0->mode.status = BD_DONE | BD_INTR | BD_WRAP | BD_EXTD;
@@ -433,6 +438,9 @@
 
 	dma_free_coherent(NULL, size, buf_virt, buf_phys);
 
+err_out:
+	mutex_unlock(&sdma->channel_0_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -656,6 +664,8 @@
 	dev_dbg(sdma->dev, "event_mask0 = 0x%08x\n", sdmac->event_mask0);
 	dev_dbg(sdma->dev, "event_mask1 = 0x%08x\n", sdmac->event_mask1);
 
+	mutex_lock(&sdma->channel_0_lock);
+
 	memset(context, 0, sizeof(*context));
 	context->channel_state.pc = load_address;
 
@@ -676,6 +686,8 @@
 
 	ret = sdma_run_channel(&sdma->channel[0]);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&sdma->channel_0_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1274,6 +1286,8 @@
 	if (!sdma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_init(&sdma->channel_0_lock);
+
 	sdma->dev = &pdev->dev;
 
 	iores = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);