diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
index 77f8885cf407..00d78d78fb7f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void idxd_cdev_evl_drain_pasid(struct idxd_wq *wq, u32 pasid)
 	if (!evl)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&evl->lock);
 	status.bits = ioread64(idxd->reg_base + IDXD_EVLSTATUS_OFFSET);
 	t = status.tail;
 	h = evl->head;
@@ -354,9 +354,8 @@ static void idxd_cdev_evl_drain_pasid(struct idxd_wq *wq, u32 pasid)
 			set_bit(h, evl->bmap);
 		h = (h + 1) % size;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&evl->lock);
-
 	drain_workqueue(wq->wq);
+	mutex_unlock(&evl->lock);
 }
 
 static int idxd_cdev_release(struct inode *node, struct file *filep)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/debugfs.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/debugfs.c
index 9cfbd9b14c4c..7f689b3aff65 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/debugfs.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int debugfs_evl_show(struct seq_file *s, void *d)
 	if (!evl || !evl->log)
 		return 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&evl->lock);
 
 	h = evl->head;
 	evl_status.bits = ioread64(idxd->reg_base + IDXD_EVLSTATUS_OFFSET);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int debugfs_evl_show(struct seq_file *s, void *d)
 		dump_event_entry(idxd, s, i, &count, processed);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&evl->lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
index ecfdf4a8f1f8..c41ef195eeb9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int idxd_device_evl_setup(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&evl->lock);
 	evl->log = addr;
 	evl->dma = dma_addr;
 	evl->log_size = size;
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static int idxd_device_evl_setup(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	gencfg.evl_en = 1;
 	iowrite32(gencfg.bits, idxd->reg_base + IDXD_GENCFG_OFFSET);
 
-	spin_unlock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&evl->lock);
 	return 0;
 
 err_alloc:
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ static void idxd_device_evl_free(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	if (!gencfg.evl_en)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&evl->lock);
 	gencfg.evl_en = 0;
 	iowrite32(gencfg.bits, idxd->reg_base + IDXD_GENCFG_OFFSET);
 
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static void idxd_device_evl_free(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	evl_dma = evl->dma;
 	evl->log = NULL;
 	evl->size = IDXD_EVL_SIZE_MIN;
-	spin_unlock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&evl->lock);
 
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, evl_log_size, evl_log, evl_dma);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
index 47de3f93ff1e..d7f0d3eb9c72 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ struct idxd_driver_data {
 
 struct idxd_evl {
 	/* Lock to protect event log access. */
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct mutex lock;
 	void *log;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 	/* Total size of event log = number of entries * entry size. */
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index 14df1f1347a8..79dae8525d56 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int idxd_init_evl(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	if (!evl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_init(&evl->lock);
 	evl->size = IDXD_EVL_SIZE_MIN;
 
 	idxd->evl_cache = kmem_cache_create(dev_name(idxd_confdev(idxd)),
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/irq.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/irq.c
index c8a0aa874b11..053dda0edc8c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/irq.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/irq.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static void process_evl_entries(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	evl_status.bits = 0;
 	evl_status.int_pending = 1;
 
-	spin_lock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&evl->lock);
 	/* Clear interrupt pending bit */
 	iowrite32(evl_status.bits_upper32,
 		  idxd->reg_base + IDXD_EVLSTATUS_OFFSET + sizeof(u32));
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void process_evl_entries(struct idxd_device *idxd)
 	evl->head = h;
 	evl_status.head = h;
 	iowrite32(evl_status.bits_lower32, idxd->reg_base + IDXD_EVLSTATUS_OFFSET);
-	spin_unlock(&evl->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&evl->lock);
 }
 
 irqreturn_t idxd_misc_thread(int vec, void *data)
