diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index 095390774f22b5..655002b21b0d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -751,12 +751,14 @@ void msm_gpu_submit(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit)
 	struct msm_ringbuffer *ring = submit->ring;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&gpu->lock));
 
-	mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
+	pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
 
 	msm_gpu_hw_init(gpu);
 
+	submit->seqno = submit->hw_fence->seqno;
+
 	update_sw_cntrs(gpu);
 
 	/*
@@ -781,11 +783,8 @@ void msm_gpu_submit(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit)
 	gpu->funcs->submit(gpu, submit);
 	gpu->cur_ctx_seqno = submit->queue->ctx->seqno;
 
-	hangcheck_timer_reset(gpu);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&gpu->lock);
-
 	pm_runtime_put(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+	hangcheck_timer_reset(gpu);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 4bc13f7d005ab7..9d6655f96f0ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ static struct dma_fence *msm_job_run(struct drm_sched_job *job)
 
 	msm_fence_init(submit->hw_fence, fctx);
 
-	submit->seqno = submit->hw_fence->seqno;
-
 	mutex_lock(&priv->lru.lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < submit->nr_bos; i++) {
@@ -35,8 +33,13 @@ static struct dma_fence *msm_job_run(struct drm_sched_job *job)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->lru.lock);
 
+	/* TODO move submit path over to using a per-ring lock.. */
+	mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
+
 	msm_gpu_submit(gpu, submit);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&gpu->lock);
+
 	return dma_fence_get(submit->hw_fence);
 }