diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-dmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-dmabuf.c
index 497cb6fa7c..961094a561 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-dmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-dmabuf.c
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "include/qemu/lockable.h"
 
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h"
 
 
-static GMutex lock;
+static QemuMutex lock;
 static GHashTable *resource_uuids;
 
 /*
@@ -27,23 +28,27 @@ static int uuid_equal_func(const void *lhv, const void *rhv)
     return qemu_uuid_is_equal(lhv, rhv);
 }
 
+void virtio_dmabuf_init(void) {
+    qemu_mutex_init(&lock);
+}
+
 static bool virtio_add_resource(QemuUUID *uuid, VirtioSharedObject *value)
 {
     bool result = true;
 
-    g_mutex_lock(&lock);
-    if (resource_uuids == NULL) {
-        resource_uuids = g_hash_table_new_full(qemu_uuid_hash,
-                                               uuid_equal_func,
-                                               NULL,
-                                               g_free);
-    }
-    if (g_hash_table_lookup(resource_uuids, uuid) == NULL) {
-        g_hash_table_insert(resource_uuids, uuid, value);
-    } else {
-        result = false;
+    WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&lock) {
+        if (resource_uuids == NULL) {
+            resource_uuids = g_hash_table_new_full(qemu_uuid_hash,
+                                                uuid_equal_func,
+                                                NULL,
+                                                g_free);
+        }
+        if (g_hash_table_lookup(resource_uuids, uuid) == NULL) {
+            g_hash_table_insert(resource_uuids, uuid, value);
+        } else {
+            result = false;
+        }
     }
-    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -87,9 +92,9 @@ bool virtio_add_vhost_device(QemuUUID *uuid, struct vhost_dev *dev)
 bool virtio_remove_resource(const QemuUUID *uuid)
 {
     bool result;
-    g_mutex_lock(&lock);
-    result = g_hash_table_remove(resource_uuids, uuid);
-    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
+    WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&lock) {
+        result = g_hash_table_remove(resource_uuids, uuid);
+    }
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -98,11 +103,11 @@ static VirtioSharedObject *get_shared_object(const QemuUUID *uuid)
 {
     gpointer lookup_res = NULL;
 
-    g_mutex_lock(&lock);
-    if (resource_uuids != NULL) {
-        lookup_res = g_hash_table_lookup(resource_uuids, uuid);
+    WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&lock) {
+        if (resource_uuids != NULL) {
+            lookup_res = g_hash_table_lookup(resource_uuids, uuid);
+        }
     }
-    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
 
     return (VirtioSharedObject *) lookup_res;
 }
@@ -138,9 +143,9 @@ SharedObjectType virtio_object_type(const QemuUUID *uuid)
 
 void virtio_free_resources(void)
 {
-    g_mutex_lock(&lock);
-    g_hash_table_destroy(resource_uuids);
-    /* Reference count shall be 0 after the implicit unref on destroy */
-    resource_uuids = NULL;
-    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
+    WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&lock) {
+        g_hash_table_destroy(resource_uuids);
+        /* Reference count shall be 0 after the implicit unref on destroy */
+        resource_uuids = NULL;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index d229755eae..88189e7178 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "virtio-qmp.h"
@@ -3221,6 +3222,8 @@ void virtio_init(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint16_t device_id, size_t config_size)
     int i;
     int nvectors = k->query_nvectors ? k->query_nvectors(qbus->parent) : 0;
 
+    // Ensure virtio dmabuf table is initialised.
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     if (nvectors) {
         vdev->vector_queues =
             g_malloc0(sizeof(*vdev->vector_queues) * nvectors);
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h
index 891a43162d..627d84dce9 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-dmabuf.h
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ typedef struct VirtioSharedObject {
     } value;
 } VirtioSharedObject;
 
+/**
+ * virtio_dmabuf_init() - Initialise virtio dmabuf internal structures.
+ */
+void virtio_dmabuf_init(void);
+
 /**
  * virtio_add_dmabuf() - Add a new dma-buf resource to the lookup table
  * @uuid: new resource's UUID
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-virtio-dmabuf.c b/tests/unit/test-virtio-dmabuf.c
index a45ec52f42..20213455ee 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-virtio-dmabuf.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-virtio-dmabuf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static void test_add_remove_resources(void)
     QemuUUID uuid;
     int i, dmabuf_fd;
 
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     for (i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
         qemu_uuid_generate(&uuid);
         dmabuf_fd = g_random_int_range(3, 500);
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ static void test_add_remove_dev(void)
     struct vhost_dev *dev = g_new0(struct vhost_dev, 1);
     int i;
 
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     for (i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
         qemu_uuid_generate(&uuid);
         virtio_add_vhost_device(&uuid, dev);
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ static void test_remove_invalid_resource(void)
     QemuUUID uuid;
     int i;
 
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     for (i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
         qemu_uuid_generate(&uuid);
         g_assert_cmpint(virtio_lookup_dmabuf(&uuid), ==, -1);
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ static void test_add_invalid_resource(void)
     struct vhost_dev *dev = NULL;
     int i, dmabuf_fd = -2, alt_dmabuf = 2;
 
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     for (i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
         qemu_uuid_generate(&uuid);
         /* Add a new resource with invalid (negative) resource fd */
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ static void test_free_resources(void)
     QemuUUID uuids[20];
     int i, dmabuf_fd;
 
+    virtio_dmabuf_init();
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(uuids); ++i) {
         qemu_uuid_generate(&uuids[i]);
         dmabuf_fd = g_random_int_range(3, 500);
