diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
index dba8510c0669..1f2857b3f38e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct rsc_drv;
  * @offset:    Start of the TCS group relative to the TCSes in the RSC.
  * @num_tcs:   Number of TCSes in this type.
  * @ncpt:      Number of commands in each TCS.
- * @lock:      Lock for synchronizing this TCS writes.
  * @req:       Requests that are sent from the TCS; only used for ACTIVE_ONLY
  *             transfers (could be on a wake/sleep TCS if we are borrowing for
  *             an ACTIVE_ONLY transfer).
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ struct tcs_group {
 	u32 offset;
 	int num_tcs;
 	int ncpt;
-	spinlock_t lock;
 	const struct tcs_request *req[MAX_TCS_PER_TYPE];
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(slots, MAX_TCS_SLOTS);
 };
@@ -103,14 +101,9 @@ struct rpmh_ctrlr {
  * @tcs_in_use:         S/W state of the TCS; only set for ACTIVE_ONLY
  *                      transfers, but might show a sleep/wake TCS in use if
  *                      it was borrowed for an active_only transfer.  You
- *                      must hold both the lock in this struct and the
- *                      tcs_lock for the TCS in order to mark a TCS as
- *                      in-use, but you only need the lock in this structure
- *                      (aka the drv->lock) to mark one freed.
- * @lock:               Synchronize state of the controller.  If you will be
- *                      grabbing this lock and a tcs_lock at the same time,
- *                      grab the tcs_lock first so we always have a
- *                      consistent lock ordering.
+ *                      must hold the lock in this struct (AKA drv->lock) in
+ *                      order to update this.
+ * @lock:               Synchronize state of the controller.
  * @pm_lock:            Synchronize during PM notifications.
  *                      Used when solver mode is not present.
  * @client:             Handle to the DRV's client.
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
index a9e15699f55f..992c79920e69 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ static void write_tcs_reg_sync(struct rsc_drv *drv, int reg, int tcs_id,
  *
  * Returns true if nobody has claimed this TCS (by setting tcs_in_use).
  *
- * Context: Must be called with the drv->lock held or the tcs_lock for the TCS
- *          being tested. If only the tcs_lock is held then it is possible that
- *          this function will return that a tcs is still busy when it has been
- *          recently been freed but it will never return free when a TCS is
- *          actually in use.
+ * Context: Must be called with the drv->lock held.
  *
  * Return: true if the given TCS is free.
  */
@@ -242,8 +238,6 @@ void rpmh_rsc_invalidate(struct rsc_drv *drv)
  * This is normally pretty straightforward except if we are trying to send
  * an ACTIVE_ONLY message but don't have any active_only TCSes.
  *
- * Called without drv->lock held and with no tcs_lock locks held.
- *
  * Return: A pointer to a tcs_group or an ERR_PTR.
  */
 static struct tcs_group *get_tcs_for_msg(struct rsc_drv *drv,
@@ -581,24 +575,19 @@ static int tcs_write(struct rsc_drv *drv, const struct tcs_request *msg)
 	if (IS_ERR(tcs))
 		return PTR_ERR(tcs);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&tcs->lock, flags);
-	spin_lock(&drv->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&drv->lock, flags);
 	/*
 	 * The h/w does not like if we send a request to the same address,
 	 * when one is already in-flight or being processed.
 	 */
 	ret = check_for_req_inflight(drv, tcs, msg);
-	if (ret) {
-		spin_unlock(&drv->lock);
-		goto done_write;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
 
-	tcs_id = find_free_tcs(tcs);
-	if (tcs_id < 0) {
-		ret = tcs_id;
-		spin_unlock(&drv->lock);
-		goto done_write;
-	}
+	ret = find_free_tcs(tcs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err;
+	tcs_id = ret;
 
 	tcs->req[tcs_id - tcs->offset] = msg;
 	set_bit(tcs_id, drv->tcs_in_use);
@@ -612,13 +601,21 @@ static int tcs_write(struct rsc_drv *drv, const struct tcs_request *msg)
 		write_tcs_reg_sync(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_WAIT_FOR_CMPL, tcs_id, 0);
 		enable_tcs_irq(drv, tcs_id, true);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&drv->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv->lock, flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * These two can be done after the lock is released because:
+	 * - We marked "tcs_in_use" under lock.
+	 * - Once "tcs_in_use" has been marked nobody else could be writing
+	 *   to these registers until the interrupt goes off.
+	 * - The interrupt can't go off until we trigger.
+	 */
 	__tcs_buffer_write(drv, tcs_id, 0, msg);
 	__tcs_set_trigger(drv, tcs_id, true);
 
-done_write:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tcs->lock, flags);
+	return 0;
+err:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -673,8 +670,6 @@ int rpmh_rsc_send_data(struct rsc_drv *drv, const struct tcs_request *msg)
  * Only for use on sleep/wake TCSes since those are the only ones we maintain
  * tcs->slots for.
  *
- * Must be called with the tcs_lock for the group held.
- *
  * Return: -ENOMEM if there was no room, else 0.
  */
 static int find_slots(struct tcs_group *tcs, const struct tcs_request *msg,
@@ -709,25 +704,25 @@ static int find_slots(struct tcs_group *tcs, const struct tcs_request *msg,
  * This should only be called for for sleep/wake state, never active-only
  * state.
  *
+ * The caller must ensure that no other RPMH actions are happening and the
+ * controller is idle when this function is called since it runs lockless.
+ *
  * Return: 0 if no error; else -error.
  */
 int rpmh_rsc_write_ctrl_data(struct rsc_drv *drv, const struct tcs_request *msg)
 {
 	struct tcs_group *tcs;
 	int tcs_id = 0, cmd_id = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	tcs = get_tcs_for_msg(drv, msg);
 	if (IS_ERR(tcs))
 		return PTR_ERR(tcs);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&tcs->lock, flags);
 	/* find the TCS id and the command in the TCS to write to */
 	ret = find_slots(tcs, msg, &tcs_id, &cmd_id);
 	if (!ret)
 		__tcs_buffer_write(drv, tcs_id, cmd_id, msg);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tcs->lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -756,8 +751,8 @@ static bool rpmh_rsc_ctrlr_is_busy(struct rsc_drv *drv)
 	 * should be checked for not busy, because we used wake TCSes for
 	 * active requests in this case.
 	 *
-	 * Since this is called from the last cpu, need not take drv or tcs
-	 * lock before checking tcs_is_free().
+	 * Since this is called from the last cpu, need not take drv->lock
+	 * before checking tcs_is_free().
 	 */
 	if (!tcs->num_tcs)
 		tcs = &drv->tcs[WAKE_TCS];
@@ -879,7 +874,6 @@ static int rpmh_probe_tcs_config(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		tcs->type = tcs_cfg[i].type;
 		tcs->num_tcs = tcs_cfg[i].n;
 		tcs->ncpt = ncpt;
-		spin_lock_init(&tcs->lock);
 
 		if (!tcs->num_tcs || tcs->type == CONTROL_TCS)
 			continue;
