diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/core.c b/drivers/base/power/opp/core.c
index ccf2c91aedff..252706d6f60b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/core.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 static LIST_HEAD(dev_opp_list);
 /* Lock to allow exclusive modification to the device and opp lists */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(dev_opp_list_lock);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(dev_opp_list_lock);
 
 #define opp_rcu_lockdep_assert()					\
 do {									\
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c b/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
index 2139c9d4c447..7b445e88a0d5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ int dev_pm_opp_set_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev, cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	struct device *dev;
 	int cpu, ret = 0;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	mutex_lock(&dev_opp_list_lock);
 
 	dev_opp = _find_device_opp(cpu_dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev_opp)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_rcu_read_unlock;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ int dev_pm_opp_set_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev, cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
-out_rcu_read_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_opp_list_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h b/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
index dcb38f78dae4..7366b2aa8997 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
+/* Lock to allow exclusive modification to the device and opp lists */
+extern struct mutex dev_opp_list_lock;
+
 /*
  * Internal data structure organization with the OPP layer library is as
  * follows: