diff --git a/block/blk-crypto-profile.c b/block/blk-crypto-profile.c
index 2a67d3fb63e5..7fabc883e39f 100644
--- a/block/blk-crypto-profile.c
+++ b/block/blk-crypto-profile.c
@@ -79,7 +79,14 @@ int blk_crypto_profile_init(struct blk_crypto_profile *profile,
 	unsigned int slot_hashtable_size;
 
 	memset(profile, 0, sizeof(*profile));
-	init_rwsem(&profile->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * profile->lock of an underlying device can nest inside profile->lock
+	 * of a device-mapper device, so use a dynamic lock class to avoid
+	 * false-positive lockdep reports.
+	 */
+	lockdep_register_key(&profile->lockdep_key);
+	__init_rwsem(&profile->lock, "&profile->lock", &profile->lockdep_key);
 
 	if (num_slots == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ int blk_crypto_profile_init(struct blk_crypto_profile *profile,
 	profile->slots = kvcalloc(num_slots, sizeof(profile->slots[0]),
 				  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!profile->slots)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_destroy;
 
 	profile->num_slots = num_slots;
 
@@ -435,6 +442,7 @@ void blk_crypto_profile_destroy(struct blk_crypto_profile *profile)
 {
 	if (!profile)
 		return;
+	lockdep_unregister_key(&profile->lockdep_key);
 	kvfree(profile->slot_hashtable);
 	kvfree_sensitive(profile->slots,
 			 sizeof(profile->slots[0]) * profile->num_slots);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-crypto-profile.h b/include/linux/blk-crypto-profile.h
index e6802b69cdd6..90ab33cb5d0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-crypto-profile.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-crypto-profile.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct blk_crypto_profile {
 	 * keyslots while ensuring that they can't be changed concurrently.
 	 */
 	struct rw_semaphore lock;
+	struct lock_class_key lockdep_key;
 
 	/* List of idle slots, with least recently used slot at front */
 	wait_queue_head_t idle_slots_wait_queue;