diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
index 6ec93eec03ea..b8a100b9736c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * Used to avoid races in counting the nest-pmu units during hotplug
  * register and unregister
  */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nest_init_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nest_init_lock);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct imc_pmu_ref *, local_nest_imc_refc);
 static struct imc_pmu **per_nest_pmu_arr;
 static cpumask_t nest_imc_cpumask;
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static void imc_common_mem_free(struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr)
 static void imc_common_cpuhp_mem_free(struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr)
 {
 	if (pmu_ptr->domain == IMC_DOMAIN_NEST) {
-		spin_lock(&nest_init_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&nest_init_lock);
 		if (nest_pmus == 1) {
 			cpuhp_remove_state(CPUHP_AP_PERF_POWERPC_NEST_IMC_ONLINE);
 			kfree(nest_imc_refc);
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static void imc_common_cpuhp_mem_free(struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr)
 
 		if (nest_pmus > 0)
 			nest_pmus--;
-		spin_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
 	}
 
 	/* Free core_imc memory */
@@ -1789,11 +1789,11 @@ int init_imc_pmu(struct device_node *parent, struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr, int pmu_id
 		* rest. To handle the cpuhotplug callback unregister, we track
 		* the number of nest pmus in "nest_pmus".
 		*/
-		spin_lock(&nest_init_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&nest_init_lock);
 		if (nest_pmus == 0) {
 			ret = init_nest_pmu_ref();
 			if (ret) {
-				spin_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
+				mutex_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
 				kfree(per_nest_pmu_arr);
 				per_nest_pmu_arr = NULL;
 				goto err_free_mem;
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ int init_imc_pmu(struct device_node *parent, struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr, int pmu_id
 			/* Register for cpu hotplug notification. */
 			ret = nest_pmu_cpumask_init();
 			if (ret) {
-				spin_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
+				mutex_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
 				kfree(nest_imc_refc);
 				kfree(per_nest_pmu_arr);
 				per_nest_pmu_arr = NULL;
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ int init_imc_pmu(struct device_node *parent, struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr, int pmu_id
 			}
 		}
 		nest_pmus++;
-		spin_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&nest_init_lock);
 		break;
 	case IMC_DOMAIN_CORE:
 		ret = core_imc_pmu_cpumask_init();