diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index f7c063239fa5..37b223e4fc05 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1335,26 +1335,21 @@ static int cpuhp_store_callbacks(enum cpuhp_state state, const char *name,
 	struct cpuhp_step *sp;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
-
 	if (state == CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN || state == CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN) {
 		ret = cpuhp_reserve_state(state);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
+			return ret;
 		state = ret;
 	}
 	sp = cpuhp_get_step(state);
-	if (name && sp->name) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (name && sp->name)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	sp->startup.single = startup;
 	sp->teardown.single = teardown;
 	sp->name = name;
 	sp->multi_instance = multi_instance;
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sp->list);
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1428,6 +1423,7 @@ int __cpuhp_state_add_instance(enum cpuhp_state state, struct hlist_node *node,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	get_online_cpus();
+	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 
 	if (!invoke || !sp->startup.multi)
 		goto add_node;
@@ -1447,16 +1443,14 @@ int __cpuhp_state_add_instance(enum cpuhp_state state, struct hlist_node *node,
 		if (ret) {
 			if (sp->teardown.multi)
 				cpuhp_rollback_install(cpu, state, node);
-			goto err;
+			goto unlock;
 		}
 	}
 add_node:
 	ret = 0;
-	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	hlist_add_head(node, &sp->list);
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
-
-err:
 	put_online_cpus();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1491,6 +1485,7 @@ int __cpuhp_setup_state(enum cpuhp_state state,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	get_online_cpus();
+	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 
 	ret = cpuhp_store_callbacks(state, name, startup, teardown,
 				    multi_instance);
@@ -1524,6 +1519,7 @@ int __cpuhp_setup_state(enum cpuhp_state state,
 		}
 	}
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
 	/*
 	 * If the requested state is CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, return the
@@ -1547,6 +1543,8 @@ int __cpuhp_state_remove_instance(enum cpuhp_state state,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	get_online_cpus();
+	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
+
 	if (!invoke || !cpuhp_get_teardown_cb(state))
 		goto remove;
 	/*
@@ -1563,7 +1561,6 @@ int __cpuhp_state_remove_instance(enum cpuhp_state state,
 	}
 
 remove:
-	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	hlist_del(node);
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
@@ -1571,6 +1568,7 @@ remove:
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__cpuhp_state_remove_instance);
+
 /**
  * __cpuhp_remove_state - Remove the callbacks for an hotplug machine state
  * @state:	The state to remove
@@ -1589,6 +1587,7 @@ void __cpuhp_remove_state(enum cpuhp_state state, bool invoke)
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 
+	mutex_lock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	if (sp->multi_instance) {
 		WARN(!hlist_empty(&sp->list),
 		     "Error: Removing state %d which has instances left.\n",
@@ -1613,6 +1612,7 @@ void __cpuhp_remove_state(enum cpuhp_state state, bool invoke)
 	}
 remove:
 	cpuhp_store_callbacks(state, NULL, NULL, NULL, false);
+	mutex_unlock(&cpuhp_state_mutex);
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpuhp_remove_state);