diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index bbb1327644d4..7ca38e11e695 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -3646,6 +3646,7 @@ static bool intel_edp_init_connector(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	/* We now know it's not a ghost, init power sequence regs. */
 	intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer_registers(dev, intel_dp, power_seq);
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 	edid = drm_get_edid(connector, &intel_dp->aux.ddc);
 	if (edid) {
 		if (drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid)) {
@@ -3676,6 +3677,7 @@ static bool intel_edp_init_connector(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 		if (fixed_mode)
 			fixed_mode->type |= DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 
 	intel_panel_init(&intel_connector->panel, fixed_mode, NULL);
 	intel_panel_setup_backlight(connector);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
index ef5e5661efb2..f1ecf916474a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ void intel_lvds_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * Attempt to get the fixed panel mode from DDC.  Assume that the
 	 * preferred mode is the right one.
 	 */
+	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 	edid = drm_get_edid(connector, intel_gmbus_get_adapter(dev_priv, pin));
 	if (edid) {
 		if (drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid)) {
@@ -1095,6 +1096,8 @@ void intel_lvds_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		goto failed;
 
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
+
 	lvds_encoder->is_dual_link = compute_is_dual_link_lvds(lvds_encoder);
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("detected %s-link lvds configuration\n",
 		      lvds_encoder->is_dual_link ? "dual" : "single");
@@ -1123,6 +1126,8 @@ out:
 	return;
 
 failed:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
+
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("No LVDS modes found, disabling.\n");
 	drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
 	drm_encoder_cleanup(encoder);