diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
index 58136f2..8928bd1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
@@ -2587,9 +2587,11 @@
 	if (rdev->wb.enabled) {
 		rptr = le32_to_cpu(rdev->wb.wb[ring->rptr_offs/4]);
 	} else {
+		mutex_lock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, ring->me, ring->pipe, ring->queue, 0);
 		rptr = RREG32(CP_HQD_PQ_RPTR);
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+		mutex_unlock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 	}
 	rptr = (rptr & ring->ptr_reg_mask) >> ring->ptr_reg_shift;
 
@@ -2604,9 +2606,11 @@
 	if (rdev->wb.enabled) {
 		wptr = le32_to_cpu(rdev->wb.wb[ring->wptr_offs/4]);
 	} else {
+		mutex_lock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, ring->me, ring->pipe, ring->queue, 0);
 		wptr = RREG32(CP_HQD_PQ_WPTR);
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+		mutex_unlock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 	}
 	wptr = (wptr & ring->ptr_reg_mask) >> ring->ptr_reg_shift;
 
@@ -2897,6 +2901,7 @@
 	WREG32(CP_CPF_DEBUG, tmp);
 
 	/* init the pipes */
+	mutex_lock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < (rdev->mec.num_pipe * rdev->mec.num_mec); i++) {
 		int me = (i < 4) ? 1 : 2;
 		int pipe = (i < 4) ? i : (i - 4);
@@ -2919,6 +2924,7 @@
 		WREG32(CP_HPD_EOP_CONTROL, tmp);
 	}
 	cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+	mutex_unlock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 
 	/* init the queues.  Just two for now. */
 	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
@@ -2972,6 +2978,7 @@
 		mqd->static_thread_mgmt23[0] = 0xffffffff;
 		mqd->static_thread_mgmt23[1] = 0xffffffff;
 
+		mutex_lock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, rdev->ring[idx].me,
 				rdev->ring[idx].pipe,
 				rdev->ring[idx].queue, 0);
@@ -3099,6 +3106,7 @@
 		WREG32(CP_HQD_ACTIVE, mqd->queue_state.cp_hqd_active);
 
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+		mutex_unlock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 
 		radeon_bo_kunmap(rdev->ring[idx].mqd_obj);
 		radeon_bo_unreserve(rdev->ring[idx].mqd_obj);
@@ -4320,6 +4328,7 @@
 
 	/* XXX SH_MEM regs */
 	/* where to put LDS, scratch, GPUVM in FSA64 space */
+	mutex_lock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
 		cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, i);
 		/* CP and shaders */
@@ -4335,6 +4344,7 @@
 		/* XXX SDMA RLC - todo */
 	}
 	cik_srbm_select(rdev, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+	mutex_unlock(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 
 	cik_pcie_gart_tlb_flush(rdev);
 	DRM_INFO("PCIE GART of %uM enabled (table at 0x%016llX).\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index 76dbe8e..274b8e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -2095,6 +2095,8 @@
 	/* ACPI interface */
 	struct radeon_atif		atif;
 	struct radeon_atcs		atcs;
+	/* srbm instance registers */
+	struct mutex			srbm_mutex;
 };
 
 int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 84dd2dcb..63398ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@
 	mutex_init(&rdev->gem.mutex);
 	mutex_init(&rdev->pm.mutex);
 	mutex_init(&rdev->gpu_clock_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&rdev->srbm_mutex);
 	init_rwsem(&rdev->pm.mclk_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rdev->irq.vblank_queue);