diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 45fa7167cee2..7e0fdc19043e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4547,7 +4547,9 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task,
 		cpuctx = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context, cpu);
 		ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
 		get_ctx(ctx);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
 		++ctx->pin_count;
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
 
 		return ctx;
 	}