diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index 3006050b1720..4ec368b2555a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 
 static void ttm_bo_global_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj);
 
+/**
+ * ttm_global_mutex - protecting the global BO state
+ */
+DEFINE_MUTEX(ttm_global_mutex);
+
 static struct attribute ttm_bo_count = {
 	.name = "bo_count",
 	.mode = S_IRUGO
@@ -1539,7 +1544,6 @@ int ttm_bo_global_init(struct ttm_bo_global *glob)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	mutex_init(&glob->device_list_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&glob->lru_lock);
 	glob->mem_glob = &ttm_mem_glob;
 	glob->mem_glob->bo_glob = glob;
@@ -1587,9 +1591,9 @@ int ttm_bo_device_release(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&ttm_global_mutex);
 	list_del(&bdev->device_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&ttm_global_mutex);
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bdev->wq);
 
@@ -1636,9 +1640,9 @@ int ttm_bo_device_init(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,
 	bdev->dev_mapping = mapping;
 	bdev->glob = glob;
 	bdev->need_dma32 = need_dma32;
-	mutex_lock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&ttm_global_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&bdev->device_list, &glob->device_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&ttm_global_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 out_no_sys:
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
index 4ae6fc33f761..9cec8835b88f 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ struct ttm_bo_global {
 	struct kobject kobj;
 	struct ttm_mem_global *mem_glob;
 	struct page *dummy_read_page;
-	struct mutex device_list_mutex;
 	spinlock_t lru_lock;
 
 	/**