diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/dsi_status_6g.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/dsi_status_6g.c
index c711dfa22071..eecec82b1dd0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/dsi_status_6g.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/dsi_status_6g.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2013-2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2016, 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
@@ -128,11 +128,9 @@ void mdss_check_dsi_ctrl_status(struct work_struct *work, uint32_t interval)
 	if (mipi->mode == DSI_CMD_MODE)
 		mutex_lock(&mdp5_data->ov_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&ctl->offlock);
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl_pdata->mutex);
 
 	if (mdss_panel_is_power_off(pstatus_data->mfd->panel_power_state) ||
 			pstatus_data->mfd->shutdown_pending) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ctrl_pdata->mutex);
 		mutex_unlock(&ctl->offlock);
 		if (mipi->mode == DSI_CMD_MODE)
 			mutex_unlock(&mdp5_data->ov_lock);
@@ -160,7 +158,6 @@ void mdss_check_dsi_ctrl_status(struct work_struct *work, uint32_t interval)
 	ret = ctrl_pdata->check_status(ctrl_pdata);
 	mdss_mdp_clk_ctrl(MDP_BLOCK_POWER_OFF);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl_pdata->mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctl->offlock);
 	if (mipi->mode == DSI_CMD_MODE)
 		mutex_unlock(&mdp5_data->ov_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_dsi.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_dsi.c
index 0573dcb3c9d6..de65567f2844 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_dsi.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,6 @@ static int mdss_dsi_off(struct mdss_panel_data *pdata, int power_state)
 	ctrl_pdata = container_of(pdata, struct mdss_dsi_ctrl_pdata,
 				panel_data);
 
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl_pdata->mutex);
 	panel_info = &ctrl_pdata->panel_data.panel_info;
 
 	pr_debug("%s+: ctrl=%p ndx=%d power_state=%d\n",
@@ -1152,7 +1151,6 @@ panel_power_ctrl:
 	/* Initialize Max Packet size for DCS reads */
 	ctrl_pdata->cur_max_pkt_size = 0;
 end:
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl_pdata->mutex);
 	pr_debug("%s-:\n", __func__);
 
 	return ret;