diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
index 8207d1218e20..a8e3eca14989 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static int ivpu_job_submit(struct ivpu_job *job, u8 priority)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&file_priv->lock);
 
 	cmdq = ivpu_cmdq_acquire(file_priv, job->engine_idx, priority);
@@ -542,11 +543,9 @@ static int ivpu_job_submit(struct ivpu_job *job, u8 priority)
 		ivpu_warn_ratelimited(vdev, "Failed to get job queue, ctx %d engine %d prio %d\n",
 				      file_priv->ctx.id, job->engine_idx, priority);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_unlock_file_priv;
+		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
-
 	is_first_job = xa_empty(&vdev->submitted_jobs_xa);
 	ret = xa_alloc_cyclic(&vdev->submitted_jobs_xa, &job->job_id, job, file_priv->job_limit,
 			      &file_priv->job_id_next, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ static int ivpu_job_submit(struct ivpu_job *job, u8 priority)
 		ivpu_dbg(vdev, JOB, "Too many active jobs in ctx %d\n",
 			 file_priv->ctx.id);
 		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err_unlock_submitted_jobs;
+		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ret = ivpu_cmdq_push_job(cmdq, job);
@@ -576,22 +575,20 @@ static int ivpu_job_submit(struct ivpu_job *job, u8 priority)
 		 job->job_id, file_priv->ctx.id, job->engine_idx, priority,
 		 job->cmd_buf_vpu_addr, cmdq->jobq->header.tail);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(ivpu_test_mode & IVPU_TEST_MODE_NULL_HW)) {
-		mutex_lock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
 		ivpu_job_signal_and_destroy(vdev, job->job_id, VPU_JSM_STATUS_SUCCESS);
-		mutex_unlock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_erase_xa:
 	xa_erase(&vdev->submitted_jobs_xa, job->job_id);
-err_unlock_submitted_jobs:
+err_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock);
-err_unlock_file_priv:
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->lock);
 	ivpu_rpm_put(vdev);
 	return ret;