diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index cf65a47310c3..eba7e3fe769c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ static char *dmabuffs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 	size_t ret = 0;
 
 	dmabuf = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	mutex_lock(&dmabuf->lock);
+	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 	if (dmabuf->name)
 		ret = strlcpy(name, dmabuf->name, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN);
-	mutex_unlock(&dmabuf->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 
 	return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "/%s:%s",
 			     dentry->d_name.name, ret > 0 ? name : "");
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ static long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
 		kfree(name);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 	kfree(dmabuf->name);
 	dmabuf->name = name;
+	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dmabuf->lock);
@@ -402,10 +404,10 @@ static void dma_buf_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *file)
 	/* Don't count the temporary reference taken inside procfs seq_show */
 	seq_printf(m, "count:\t%ld\n", file_count(dmabuf->file) - 1);
 	seq_printf(m, "exp_name:\t%s\n", dmabuf->exp_name);
-	mutex_lock(&dmabuf->lock);
+	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 	if (dmabuf->name)
 		seq_printf(m, "name:\t%s\n", dmabuf->name);
-	mutex_unlock(&dmabuf->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations dma_buf_fops = {
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(const struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
 	dmabuf->size = exp_info->size;
 	dmabuf->exp_name = exp_info->exp_name;
 	dmabuf->owner = exp_info->owner;
+	spin_lock_init(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dmabuf->poll);
 	dmabuf->cb_excl.poll = dmabuf->cb_shared.poll = &dmabuf->poll;
 	dmabuf->cb_excl.active = dmabuf->cb_shared.active = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index ec212cb27fdc..12eac4293af6 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct dma_buf {
 	void *vmap_ptr;
 	const char *exp_name;
 	const char *name;
+	spinlock_t name_lock; /* spinlock to protect name access */
 	struct module *owner;
 	struct list_head list_node;
 	void *priv;