diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index caec1fdb7dda..8e3eb5e282a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 		u32 reg0;
 	} *gmbus;
 
+	/** gmbus_mutex protects against concurrent usage of the single hw gmbus
+	 * controller on different i2c buses. */
+	struct mutex gmbus_mutex;
+
 	struct pci_dev *bridge_dev;
 	struct intel_ring_buffer ring[I915_NUM_RINGS];
 	uint32_t next_seqno;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index d30ccccb9d73..fc75d71de53b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -233,11 +233,15 @@ gmbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 					       struct intel_gmbus,
 					       adapter);
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = adapter->algo_data;
-	int i, reg_offset;
+	int i, reg_offset, ret;
 
-	if (bus->force_bit)
-		return intel_i2c_quirk_xfer(dev_priv,
+	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->gmbus_mutex);
+
+	if (bus->force_bit) {
+		ret = intel_i2c_quirk_xfer(dev_priv,
 					    bus->force_bit, msgs, num);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	reg_offset = HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev_priv->dev) ? PCH_GMBUS0 - GMBUS0 : 0;
 
@@ -321,7 +325,8 @@ gmbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 	 * start of the next xfer, till then let it sleep.
 	 */
 	I915_WRITE(GMBUS0 + reg_offset, 0);
-	return i;
+	ret = i;
+	goto out;
 
 timeout:
 	DRM_INFO("GMBUS timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin %d [%s]\n",
@@ -331,9 +336,12 @@ gmbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 	/* Hardware may not support GMBUS over these pins? Try GPIO bitbanging instead. */
 	bus->force_bit = intel_gpio_create(dev_priv, bus->reg0 & 0xff);
 	if (!bus->force_bit)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return intel_i2c_quirk_xfer(dev_priv, bus->force_bit, msgs, num);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	else
+		ret = intel_i2c_quirk_xfer(dev_priv, bus->force_bit, msgs, num);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->gmbus_mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static u32 gmbus_func(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
@@ -380,6 +388,8 @@ int intel_setup_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (dev_priv->gmbus == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_init(&dev_priv->gmbus_mutex);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < GMBUS_NUM_PORTS; i++) {
 		struct intel_gmbus *bus = &dev_priv->gmbus[i];