diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 1a276db095ff609fcbbaee770dc57386e35f8cf6..4d31d1967716a5d413f88b6f9a95d7be4b25180f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
 
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
@@ -631,10 +632,10 @@ struct panthor_group {
 		struct panthor_gpu_usage data;
 
 		/**
-		 * @lock: Mutex to govern concurrent access from drm file's fdinfo callback
-		 * and job post-completion processing function
+		 * @fdinfo.lock: Spinlock to govern concurrent access from drm file's fdinfo
+		 * callback and job post-completion processing function
 		 */
-		struct mutex lock;
+		spinlock_t lock;
 
 		/** @fdinfo.kbo_sizes: Aggregate size of private kernel BO's held by the group. */
 		size_t kbo_sizes;
@@ -910,8 +911,6 @@ static void group_release_work(struct work_struct *work)
 						   release_work);
 	u32 i;
 
-	mutex_destroy(&group->fdinfo.lock);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < group->queue_count; i++)
 		group_free_queue(group, group->queues[i]);
 
@@ -2861,12 +2860,12 @@ static void update_fdinfo_stats(struct panthor_job *job)
 	struct panthor_job_profiling_data *slots = queue->profiling.slots->kmap;
 	struct panthor_job_profiling_data *data = &slots[job->profiling.slot];
 
-	mutex_lock(&group->fdinfo.lock);
-	if (job->profiling.mask & PANTHOR_DEVICE_PROFILING_CYCLES)
-		fdinfo->cycles += data->cycles.after - data->cycles.before;
-	if (job->profiling.mask & PANTHOR_DEVICE_PROFILING_TIMESTAMP)
-		fdinfo->time += data->time.after - data->time.before;
-	mutex_unlock(&group->fdinfo.lock);
+	scoped_guard(spinlock, &group->fdinfo.lock) {
+		if (job->profiling.mask & PANTHOR_DEVICE_PROFILING_CYCLES)
+			fdinfo->cycles += data->cycles.after - data->cycles.before;
+		if (job->profiling.mask & PANTHOR_DEVICE_PROFILING_TIMESTAMP)
+			fdinfo->time += data->time.after - data->time.before;
+	}
 }
 
 void panthor_fdinfo_gather_group_samples(struct panthor_file *pfile)
@@ -2880,12 +2879,11 @@ void panthor_fdinfo_gather_group_samples(struct panthor_file *pfile)
 
 	xa_lock(&gpool->xa);
 	xa_for_each(&gpool->xa, i, group) {
-		mutex_lock(&group->fdinfo.lock);
+		guard(spinlock)(&group->fdinfo.lock);
 		pfile->stats.cycles += group->fdinfo.data.cycles;
 		pfile->stats.time += group->fdinfo.data.time;
 		group->fdinfo.data.cycles = 0;
 		group->fdinfo.data.time = 0;
-		mutex_unlock(&group->fdinfo.lock);
 	}
 	xa_unlock(&gpool->xa);
 }
@@ -3537,7 +3535,7 @@ int panthor_group_create(struct panthor_file *pfile,
 	mutex_unlock(&sched->reset.lock);
 
 	add_group_kbo_sizes(group->ptdev, group);
-	mutex_init(&group->fdinfo.lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&group->fdinfo.lock);
 
 	return gid;