diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/rockchip-otp.c b/drivers/nvmem/rockchip-otp.c
index 2c0feb036f3f..f8a8c7cece98 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/rockchip-otp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/rockchip-otp.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/iopoll.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
 #include <linux/reset.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ struct rockchip_otp {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct reset_control *rst;
 	const struct rockchip_data *data;
+	/* Serializes access to the OTP controller state machine */
+	struct mutex mutex;
 	struct clk_bulk_data clks[];
 };
 
@@ -272,10 +275,12 @@ static int rockchip_otp_read(void *context, unsigned int offset,
 	if (!otp->data || !otp->data->reg_read)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&otp->mutex);
+
 	ret = clk_bulk_prepare_enable(otp->data->num_clks, otp->clks);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(otp->dev, "failed to prepare/enable clks\n");
-		return ret;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	offset += otp->data->read_offset;
@@ -308,6 +313,9 @@ static int rockchip_otp_read(void *context, unsigned int offset,
 err:
 	clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(otp->data->num_clks, otp->clks);
 
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&otp->mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -431,6 +439,11 @@ static int rockchip_otp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	otp->data = data;
 	otp->dev = dev;
+
+	ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &otp->mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	otp->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(otp->base))
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(otp->base),