diff --git a/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c b/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c
index 377da23012ac23e826234673c1095f8dc70aefa3..a2bf13ff18b6d2904b489f880c54563c8e12410d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ static int pt_core_execute_cmd(struct ptdma_desc *desc, struct pt_cmd_queue *cmd
 	bool soc = FIELD_GET(DWORD0_SOC, desc->dw0);
 	u8 *q_desc = (u8 *)&cmd_q->qbase[cmd_q->qidx];
 	u32 tail;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (soc) {
 		desc->dw0 |= FIELD_PREP(DWORD0_IOC, desc->dw0);
 		desc->dw0 &= ~DWORD0_SOC;
 	}
-	mutex_lock(&cmd_q->q_mutex);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cmd_q->q_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Copy 32-byte command descriptor to hw queue. */
 	memcpy(q_desc, desc, 32);
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static int pt_core_execute_cmd(struct ptdma_desc *desc, struct pt_cmd_queue *cmd
 
 	/* Turn the queue back on using our cached control register */
 	pt_start_queue(cmd_q);
-	mutex_unlock(&cmd_q->q_mutex);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmd_q->q_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ int pt_core_init(struct pt_device *pt)
 
 	cmd_q->pt = pt;
 	cmd_q->dma_pool = dma_pool;
-	mutex_init(&cmd_q->q_mutex);
+	spin_lock_init(&cmd_q->q_lock);
 
 	/* Page alignment satisfies our needs for N <= 128 */
 	cmd_q->qsize = Q_SIZE(Q_DESC_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma.h b/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma.h
index d093c43b7d1343b11227e14b815149085a32696f..21b4bf895200b5512ca91a54a19e2ce93623d46e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct pt_cmd_queue {
 	struct ptdma_desc *qbase;
 
 	/* Aligned queue start address (per requirement) */
-	struct mutex q_mutex ____cacheline_aligned;
+	spinlock_t q_lock ____cacheline_aligned;
 	unsigned int qidx;
 
 	unsigned int qsize;