diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.c
index 7b1d091f3c090c0cd0f01ef49647de232930312f..46cae925b0959253022d9a530c6b2cd2f0458fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.c
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ static int host1x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto free_contexts;
 	}
 
+	mutex_init(&host->intr_mutex);
+
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	err = devm_tegra_core_dev_init_opp_table_common(&pdev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
index b3285dd101804c59e05b4ea82746d35f3652519d..f77a678949e96b0c9821186fb1ba5edfefffdb06 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ int host1x_intr_init(struct host1x *host)
 	unsigned int id;
 	int i, err;
 
-	mutex_init(&host->intr_mutex);
-
 	for (id = 0; id < host1x_syncpt_nb_pts(host); ++id) {
 		struct host1x_syncpt *syncpt = &host->syncpt[id];