diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c
index f01ab2499a75..0a49a322c9da 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2014-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2014-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ static void *dummy_q6_mvm;
 static void *dummy_q6_cvs;
 dev_t device_num;
 
+static struct mutex session_lock;
 static spinlock_t voicesvc_lock;
-static bool is_released;
+static bool is_released = 1;
 static int voice_svc_dummy_reg(void);
 static int voice_svc_dummy_dereg(void);
 
@@ -645,14 +646,23 @@ static int voice_svc_dummy_dereg(void)
 static int voice_svc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct voice_svc_prvt *prtd = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
 
+	mutex_lock(&session_lock);
+	if (is_released == 0) {
+		pr_err("%s: Access denied to device\n", __func__);
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	prtd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct voice_svc_prvt), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (prtd == NULL) {
 		pr_err("%s: kmalloc failed\n", __func__);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	memset(prtd, 0, sizeof(struct voice_svc_prvt));
@@ -676,7 +686,9 @@ static int voice_svc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		voice_svc_dummy_reg();
 		reg_dummy_sess = 1;
 	}
-	return 0;
+done:
+	mutex_unlock(&session_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int voice_svc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -810,6 +822,7 @@ static int voice_svc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	pr_debug("%s: Device created\n", __func__);
 	spin_lock_init(&voicesvc_lock);
+	mutex_init(&session_lock);
 	goto done;
 
 add_err:
@@ -832,6 +845,7 @@ static int voice_svc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kfree(voice_svc_dev->cdev);
 	device_destroy(voice_svc_class, device_num);
 	class_destroy(voice_svc_class);
+	mutex_destroy(&session_lock);
 	unregister_chrdev_region(0, MINOR_NUMBER);
 
 	return 0;