diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5dbedb27c344..5c09665e5b97 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d5d2636ed7990b93c7216f6a4d323f6b0eee08af
+refs/heads/master: 29494c174dc4793ebd236aa522a2a1ed73b7180e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index a82ec05dee23..b7c6168fae7e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@
  */
 void drm_modeset_lock_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(crtc, &dev->mode_config.crtc_list, head)
+		mutex_lock_nest_lock(&crtc->mutex, &dev->mode_config.mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_lock_all);
 
@@ -56,6 +61,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_lock_all);
  */
 void drm_modeset_unlock_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(crtc, &dev->mode_config.crtc_list, head)
+		mutex_unlock(&crtc->mutex);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_unlock_all);
@@ -449,6 +459,8 @@ int drm_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	crtc->invert_dimensions = false;
 
 	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
+	mutex_init(&crtc->mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nest_lock(&crtc->mutex, &dev->mode_config.mutex);
 
 	ret = drm_mode_object_get(dev, &crtc->base, DRM_MODE_OBJECT_CRTC);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/trunk/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/trunk/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 9f0524d507f0..c89b1161f0be 100644
--- a/trunk/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/trunk/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -390,6 +390,15 @@ struct drm_crtc {
 	struct drm_device *dev;
 	struct list_head head;
 
+	/**
+	 * crtc mutex
+	 *
+	 * This provides a read lock for the overall crtc state (mode, dpms
+	 * state, ...) and a write lock for everything which can be update
+	 * without a full modeset (fb, cursor data, ...)
+	 */
+	struct mutex mutex;
+
 	struct drm_mode_object base;
 
 	/* framebuffer the connector is currently bound to */