{
        struct stp_master *master = stm_master(stm, output->master);
 
+       lockdep_assert_held(&stm->mc_lock);
+       lockdep_assert_held(&output->lock);
+
        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(master->nr_free < output->nr_chans))
                return;
 
 {
        struct stp_master *master = stm_master(stm, output->master);
 
+       lockdep_assert_held(&stm->mc_lock);
+       lockdep_assert_held(&output->lock);
+
        bitmap_release_region(&master->chan_map[0], output->channel,
                              ilog2(output->nr_chans));
 
        }
 
        spin_lock(&stm->mc_lock);
+       spin_lock(&output->lock);
        /* output is already assigned -- shouldn't happen */
        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(output->nr_chans))
                goto unlock;
 
        ret = 0;
 unlock:
+       spin_unlock(&output->lock);
        spin_unlock(&stm->mc_lock);
 
        return ret;
 static void stm_output_free(struct stm_device *stm, struct stm_output *output)
 {
        spin_lock(&stm->mc_lock);
+       spin_lock(&output->lock);
        if (output->nr_chans)
                stm_output_disclaim(stm, output);
+       spin_unlock(&output->lock);
        spin_unlock(&stm->mc_lock);
 }
 
+static void stm_output_init(struct stm_output *output)
+{
+       spin_lock_init(&output->lock);
+}
+
 static int major_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 {
        unsigned int major = *(unsigned int *)data;
        if (!stmf)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       stm_output_init(&stmf->output);
        stmf->stm = to_stm_device(dev);
 
        if (!try_module_get(stmf->stm->owner))
        if (err)
                goto err;
 
+       stm_output_init(&src->output);
        spin_lock_init(&src->link_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&src->link_entry);
        src->data = data;