diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index a728ff1..d6b7817 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -2473,15 +2473,15 @@ static int i915_guc_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	if (!HAS_GUC_SCHED(dev_priv->dev))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->struct_mutex))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Take a local copy of the GuC data, so we can dump it at leisure */
-	spin_lock(&dev_priv->guc.host2guc_lock);
 	guc = dev_priv->guc;
-	if (guc.execbuf_client) {
-		spin_lock(&guc.execbuf_client->wq_lock);
+	if (guc.execbuf_client)
 		client = *guc.execbuf_client;
-		spin_unlock(&guc.execbuf_client->wq_lock);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&dev_priv->guc.host2guc_lock);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "GuC total action count: %llu\n", guc.action_count);
 	seq_printf(m, "GuC action failure count: %u\n", guc.action_fail);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index ed9f100..97996e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static int host2guc_action(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 *data, u32 len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
-	spin_lock(&dev_priv->guc.host2guc_lock);
 
 	dev_priv->guc.action_count += 1;
 	dev_priv->guc.action_cmd = data[0];
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ static int host2guc_action(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 *data, u32 len)
 	}
 	dev_priv->guc.action_status = status;
 
-	spin_unlock(&dev_priv->guc.host2guc_lock);
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_put(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -249,6 +247,7 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
 	}
 
 	kunmap_atomic(base);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -292,16 +291,12 @@ static uint32_t select_doorbell_cacheline(struct intel_guc *guc)
 	const uint32_t cacheline_size = cache_line_size();
 	uint32_t offset;
 
-	spin_lock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
-
 	/* Doorbell uses a single cache line within a page */
 	offset = offset_in_page(guc->db_cacheline);
 
 	/* Moving to next cache line to reduce contention */
 	guc->db_cacheline += cacheline_size;
 
-	spin_unlock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
-
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("selected doorbell cacheline 0x%x, next 0x%x, linesize %u\n",
 			offset, guc->db_cacheline, cacheline_size);
 
@@ -322,13 +317,11 @@ static uint16_t assign_doorbell(struct intel_guc *guc, uint32_t priority)
 	const uint16_t end = start + half;
 	uint16_t id;
 
-	spin_lock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 	id = find_next_zero_bit(guc->doorbell_bitmap, end, start);
 	if (id == end)
 		id = GUC_INVALID_DOORBELL_ID;
 	else
 		bitmap_set(guc->doorbell_bitmap, id, 1);
-	spin_unlock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("assigned %s priority doorbell id 0x%x\n",
 			hi_pri ? "high" : "normal", id);
@@ -338,9 +331,7 @@ static uint16_t assign_doorbell(struct intel_guc *guc, uint32_t priority)
 
 static void release_doorbell(struct intel_guc *guc, uint16_t id)
 {
-	spin_lock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 	bitmap_clear(guc->doorbell_bitmap, id, 1);
-	spin_unlock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -487,16 +478,13 @@ static int guc_get_workqueue_space(struct i915_guc_client *gc, u32 *offset)
 	struct guc_process_desc *desc;
 	void *base;
 	u32 size = sizeof(struct guc_wq_item);
-	int ret = 0, timeout_counter = 200;
+	int ret = -ETIMEDOUT, timeout_counter = 200;
 
 	base = kmap_atomic(i915_gem_object_get_page(gc->client_obj, 0));
 	desc = base + gc->proc_desc_offset;
 
 	while (timeout_counter-- > 0) {
-		ret = wait_for_atomic(CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, desc->head,
-				gc->wq_size) >= size, 1);
-
-		if (!ret) {
+		if (CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, desc->head, gc->wq_size) >= size) {
 			*offset = gc->wq_tail;
 
 			/* advance the tail for next workqueue item */
@@ -505,7 +493,11 @@ static int guc_get_workqueue_space(struct i915_guc_client *gc, u32 *offset)
 
 			/* this will break the loop */
 			timeout_counter = 0;
+			ret = 0;
 		}
+
+		if (timeout_counter)
+			usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 	};
 
 	kunmap_atomic(base);
@@ -597,15 +589,12 @@ int i915_guc_submit(struct i915_guc_client *client,
 {
 	struct intel_guc *guc = client->guc;
 	enum intel_ring_id ring_id = rq->ring->id;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int q_ret, b_ret;
 
 	/* Need this because of the deferred pin ctx and ring */
 	/* Shall we move this right after ring is pinned? */
 	lr_context_update(rq);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&client->wq_lock, flags);
-
 	q_ret = guc_add_workqueue_item(client, rq);
 	if (q_ret == 0)
 		b_ret = guc_ring_doorbell(client);
@@ -620,12 +609,8 @@ int i915_guc_submit(struct i915_guc_client *client,
 	} else {
 		client->retcode = 0;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&client->wq_lock, flags);
-
-	spin_lock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 	guc->submissions[ring_id] += 1;
 	guc->last_seqno[ring_id] = rq->seqno;
-	spin_unlock(&guc->host2guc_lock);
 
 	return q_ret;
 }
@@ -768,7 +753,6 @@ static struct i915_guc_client *guc_client_alloc(struct drm_device *dev,
 	client->client_obj = obj;
 	client->wq_offset = GUC_DB_SIZE;
 	client->wq_size = GUC_WQ_SIZE;
-	spin_lock_init(&client->wq_lock);
 
 	client->doorbell_offset = select_doorbell_cacheline(guc);
 
@@ -871,8 +855,6 @@ int i915_guc_submission_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (!guc->ctx_pool_obj)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->guc.host2guc_lock);
-
 	ida_init(&guc->ctx_ids);
 
 	guc_create_log(guc);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
index 5ba5866..8229522 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ struct i915_guc_client {
 
 	uint32_t wq_offset;
 	uint32_t wq_size;
-
-	spinlock_t wq_lock;		/* Protects all data below	*/
 	uint32_t wq_tail;
 
 	/* GuC submission statistics & status */
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@ struct intel_guc {
 
 	struct i915_guc_client *execbuf_client;
 
-	spinlock_t host2guc_lock;	/* Protects all data below	*/
-
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(doorbell_bitmap, GUC_MAX_DOORBELLS);
 	uint32_t db_cacheline;		/* Cyclic counter mod pagesize	*/
 
