diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index bfdd551c7571526e76b302129e718321d3d7f53d..1d211ab400a178ff2fa43149a39a6f862ab7f453 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(const struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
 
 	dmabuf->file = file;
 
-	mutex_init(&dmabuf->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dmabuf->attachments);
 
 	mutex_lock(&db_list.lock);
@@ -1508,7 +1507,6 @@ int dma_buf_vmap_unlocked(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	dma_resv_lock(dmabuf->resv, NULL);
-	mutex_lock(&dmabuf->lock);
 	if (dmabuf->vmapping_counter) {
 		dmabuf->vmapping_counter++;
 		BUG_ON(iosys_map_is_null(&dmabuf->vmap_ptr));
@@ -1528,7 +1526,6 @@ int dma_buf_vmap_unlocked(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map)
 	*map = dmabuf->vmap_ptr;
 
 out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&dmabuf->lock);
 	dma_resv_unlock(dmabuf->resv);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1549,13 +1546,11 @@ void dma_buf_vunmap_unlocked(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map)
 	BUG_ON(!iosys_map_is_equal(&dmabuf->vmap_ptr, map));
 
 	dma_resv_lock(dmabuf->resv, NULL);
-	mutex_lock(&dmabuf->lock);
 	if (--dmabuf->vmapping_counter == 0) {
 		if (dmabuf->ops->vunmap)
 			dmabuf->ops->vunmap(dmabuf, map);
 		iosys_map_clear(&dmabuf->vmap_ptr);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dmabuf->lock);
 	dma_resv_unlock(dmabuf->resv);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_buf_vunmap_unlocked, DMA_BUF);
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index e7a6a8d28862498b59e16bf14d4307f4a6df3077..2f9fb7f3c835bafd1e2c8ef534266fe184a2dfce 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -326,15 +326,6 @@ struct dma_buf {
 	/** @ops: dma_buf_ops associated with this buffer object. */
 	const struct dma_buf_ops *ops;
 
-	/**
-	 * @lock:
-	 *
-	 * Used internally to serialize list manipulation, attach/detach and
-	 * vmap/unmap. Note that in many cases this is superseeded by
-	 * dma_resv_lock() on @resv.
-	 */
-	struct mutex lock;
-
 	/**
 	 * @vmapping_counter:
 	 *