diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
index f74c30aa33a0e..48f06378d3f9d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/subdev.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ nouveau_subdev_create_(struct nouveau_object *parent,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	mutex_init(&subdev->mutex);
+	__mutex_init(&subdev->mutex, subname, &oclass->lock_class_key);
 	subdev->name = subname;
 
 	if (parent) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
index 486f1a9217fd6..727ba4f87bf16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/object.h
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ int  nouveau_object_fini(struct nouveau_object *, bool suspend);
 
 extern struct nouveau_ofuncs nouveau_object_ofuncs;
 
+/* Don't allocate dynamically, because lockdep needs lock_class_keys to be in
+ * ".data". */
 struct nouveau_oclass {
 	u32 handle;
-	struct nouveau_ofuncs *ofuncs;
-	struct nouveau_omthds *omthds;
+	struct nouveau_ofuncs * ofuncs;
+	struct nouveau_omthds * const omthds;
+	struct lock_class_key lock_class_key;
 };
 
 #define nv_oclass(o)    nv_object(o)->oclass
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 8503b2ea570a0..572c216afe548 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ nouveau_drm_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct lock_class_key drm_client_lock_class_key;
+
 static int
 nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	ret = nouveau_cli_create(pdev, "DRM", sizeof(*drm), (void**)&drm);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	lockdep_set_class(&drm->client.mutex, &drm_client_lock_class_key);
 
 	dev->dev_private = drm;
 	drm->dev = dev;