diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 69bc0d888c01..8d40467d37f9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -375,7 +375,11 @@ bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev, bool uevent)
 	struct acpi_device_physical_node *pn;
 	bool offline = true;
 
-	mutex_lock(&adev->physical_node_lock);
+	/*
+	 * acpi_container_offline() calls this for all of the container's
+	 * children under the container's physical_node_lock lock.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock_nested(&adev->physical_node_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->physical_node_list, node)
 		if (device_supports_offline(pn->dev) && !pn->dev->offline) {