diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 60859a2400bc..d6c3dce9e9d5 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ int devfreq_update_status(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned long freq)
 	int lev, prev_lev, ret = 0;
 	unsigned long cur_time;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&devfreq->lock);
 	cur_time = jiffies;
 
 	/* Immediately exit if previous_freq is not initialized yet. */
@@ -1397,12 +1398,17 @@ static ssize_t trans_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 	int i, j;
 	unsigned int max_state = devfreq->profile->max_state;
 
-	if (!devfreq->stop_polling &&
-			devfreq_update_status(devfreq, devfreq->previous_freq))
-		return 0;
 	if (max_state == 0)
 		return sprintf(buf, "Not Supported.\n");
 
+	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
+	if (!devfreq->stop_polling &&
+			devfreq_update_status(devfreq, devfreq->previous_freq)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
+
 	len = sprintf(buf, "     From  :   To\n");
 	len += sprintf(buf + len, "           :");
 	for (i = 0; i < max_state; i++)