diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 74c3728f45bd..cc45392691e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -1310,22 +1310,17 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 	npages = size / PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
-	msm_gem_lock(obj);
 	msm_obj->pages = kvmalloc_objs(struct page *, npages);
 	if (!msm_obj->pages) {
-		msm_gem_unlock(obj);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	ret = drm_prime_sg_to_page_array(sgt, msm_obj->pages, npages);
 	if (ret) {
-		msm_gem_unlock(obj);
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	msm_gem_unlock(obj);
-
 	drm_gem_lru_move_tail(&priv->lru.pinned, obj);
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->obj_lock);