diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
index bcb14d11232f..fbf66e0973aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct insn_emulation {
 static LIST_HEAD(insn_emulation);
 static int nr_insn_emulated __initdata;
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(insn_emulation_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(insn_emulation_mutex);
 
 static void register_emulation_hooks(struct insn_emulation_ops *ops)
 {
@@ -207,10 +208,10 @@ static int emulation_proc_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				  loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct insn_emulation *insn = (struct insn_emulation *) table->data;
+	struct insn_emulation *insn = container_of(table->data, struct insn_emulation, current_mode);
 	enum insn_emulation_mode prev_mode = insn->current_mode;
 
-	table->data = &insn->current_mode;
+	mutex_lock(&insn_emulation_mutex);
 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (ret || !write || prev_mode == insn->current_mode)
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ static int emulation_proc_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		update_insn_emulation_mode(insn, INSN_UNDEF);
 	}
 ret:
-	table->data = insn;
+	mutex_unlock(&insn_emulation_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static void __init register_insn_emulation_sysctl(void)
 		sysctl->maxlen = sizeof(int);
 
 		sysctl->procname = insn->ops->name;
-		sysctl->data = insn;
+		sysctl->data = &insn->current_mode;
 		sysctl->extra1 = &insn->min;
 		sysctl->extra2 = &insn->max;
 		sysctl->proc_handler = emulation_proc_handler;