diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 9dabc03675b0..412931cf240f 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ static int ufshcd_clock_scaling_prepare(struct ufs_hba *hba, u64 timeout_us)
 	 * make sure that there are no outstanding requests when
 	 * clock scaling is in progress
 	 */
+	mutex_lock(&hba->host->scan_mutex);
 	blk_mq_quiesce_tagset(&hba->host->tag_set);
 	mutex_lock(&hba->wb_mutex);
 	down_write(&hba->clk_scaling_lock);
@@ -1294,6 +1295,7 @@ static int ufshcd_clock_scaling_prepare(struct ufs_hba *hba, u64 timeout_us)
 		up_write(&hba->clk_scaling_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&hba->wb_mutex);
 		blk_mq_unquiesce_tagset(&hba->host->tag_set);
+		mutex_unlock(&hba->host->scan_mutex);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1315,6 +1317,7 @@ static void ufshcd_clock_scaling_unprepare(struct ufs_hba *hba, int err, bool sc
 	mutex_unlock(&hba->wb_mutex);
 
 	blk_mq_unquiesce_tagset(&hba->host->tag_set);
+	mutex_unlock(&hba->host->scan_mutex);
 	ufshcd_release(hba);
 }