diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 838bbab97438..b4c8f528c18f 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -1816,19 +1816,16 @@ static void ufshcd_exit_clk_scaling(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 static void ufshcd_ungate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int ret;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = container_of(work, struct ufs_hba,
 			clk_gating.ungate_work);
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hba->clk_gating.gate_work);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-	if (hba->clk_gating.state == CLKS_ON) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-		return;
+	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &hba->clk_gating.lock) {
+		if (hba->clk_gating.state == CLKS_ON)
+			return;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 	ufshcd_hba_vreg_set_hpm(hba);
 	ufshcd_setup_clocks(hba, true);
 
@@ -1863,7 +1860,7 @@ void ufshcd_hold(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	if (!ufshcd_is_clkgating_allowed(hba) ||
 	    !hba->clk_gating.is_initialized)
 		return;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 	hba->clk_gating.active_reqs++;
 
 start:
@@ -1879,11 +1876,11 @@ void ufshcd_hold(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		 */
 		if (ufshcd_can_hibern8_during_gating(hba) &&
 		    ufshcd_is_link_hibern8(hba)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 			flush_result = flush_work(&hba->clk_gating.ungate_work);
 			if (hba->clk_gating.is_suspended && !flush_result)
 				return;
-			spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 			goto start;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -1912,17 +1909,17 @@ void ufshcd_hold(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		 */
 		fallthrough;
 	case REQ_CLKS_ON:
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 		flush_work(&hba->clk_gating.ungate_work);
 		/* Make sure state is CLKS_ON before returning */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 		goto start;
 	default:
 		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: clk gating is in invalid state %d\n",
 				__func__, hba->clk_gating.state);
 		break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hba->clk_gating.lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ufshcd_hold);
 
@@ -1930,30 +1927,32 @@ static void ufshcd_gate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = container_of(work, struct ufs_hba,
 			clk_gating.gate_work.work);
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-	/*
-	 * In case you are here to cancel this work the gating state
-	 * would be marked as REQ_CLKS_ON. In this case save time by
-	 * skipping the gating work and exit after changing the clock
-	 * state to CLKS_ON.
-	 */
-	if (hba->clk_gating.is_suspended ||
-		(hba->clk_gating.state != REQ_CLKS_OFF)) {
-		hba->clk_gating.state = CLKS_ON;
-		trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev),
-					hba->clk_gating.state);
-		goto rel_lock;
-	}
+	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &hba->clk_gating.lock) {
+		/*
+		 * In case you are here to cancel this work the gating state
+		 * would be marked as REQ_CLKS_ON. In this case save time by
+		 * skipping the gating work and exit after changing the clock
+		 * state to CLKS_ON.
+		 */
+		if (hba->clk_gating.is_suspended ||
+		    hba->clk_gating.state != REQ_CLKS_OFF) {
+			hba->clk_gating.state = CLKS_ON;
+			trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev),
+						hba->clk_gating.state);
+			return;
+		}
 
-	if (ufshcd_is_ufs_dev_busy(hba) ||
-	    hba->ufshcd_state != UFSHCD_STATE_OPERATIONAL ||
-	    hba->clk_gating.active_reqs)
-		goto rel_lock;
+		if (hba->clk_gating.active_reqs)
+			return;
+	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, hba->host->host_lock) {
+		if (ufshcd_is_ufs_dev_busy(hba) ||
+		    hba->ufshcd_state != UFSHCD_STATE_OPERATIONAL)
+			return;
+	}
 
 	/* put the link into hibern8 mode before turning off clocks */
 	if (ufshcd_can_hibern8_during_gating(hba)) {
@@ -1964,7 +1963,7 @@ static void ufshcd_gate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 					__func__, ret);
 			trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev),
 						hba->clk_gating.state);
-			goto out;
+			return;
 		}
 		ufshcd_set_link_hibern8(hba);
 	}
@@ -1984,32 +1983,34 @@ static void ufshcd_gate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * prevent from doing cancel work multiple times when there are
 	 * new requests arriving before the current cancel work is done.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
 	if (hba->clk_gating.state == REQ_CLKS_OFF) {
 		hba->clk_gating.state = CLKS_OFF;
 		trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev),
 					hba->clk_gating.state);
 	}
-rel_lock:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-out:
-	return;
 }
 
-/* host lock must be held before calling this variant */
 static void __ufshcd_release(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
+
 	if (!ufshcd_is_clkgating_allowed(hba))
 		return;
 
 	hba->clk_gating.active_reqs--;
 
 	if (hba->clk_gating.active_reqs || hba->clk_gating.is_suspended ||
-	    hba->ufshcd_state != UFSHCD_STATE_OPERATIONAL ||
-	    ufshcd_has_pending_tasks(hba) || !hba->clk_gating.is_initialized ||
+	    !hba->clk_gating.is_initialized ||
 	    hba->clk_gating.state == CLKS_OFF)
 		return;
 
+	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, hba->host->host_lock) {
+		if (ufshcd_has_pending_tasks(hba) ||
+		    hba->ufshcd_state != UFSHCD_STATE_OPERATIONAL)
+			return;
+	}
+
 	hba->clk_gating.state = REQ_CLKS_OFF;
 	trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev), hba->clk_gating.state);
 	queue_delayed_work(hba->clk_gating.clk_gating_workq,
@@ -2019,11 +2020,8 @@ static void __ufshcd_release(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 
 void ufshcd_release(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
 	__ufshcd_release(hba);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ufshcd_release);
 
@@ -2038,11 +2036,9 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkgate_delay_show(struct device *dev,
 void ufshcd_clkgate_delay_set(struct device *dev, unsigned long value)
 {
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
 	hba->clk_gating.delay_ms = value;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ufshcd_clkgate_delay_set);
 
@@ -2070,7 +2066,6 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkgate_enable_store(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 value;
 
 	if (kstrtou32(buf, 0, &value))
@@ -2078,9 +2073,10 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkgate_enable_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	value = !!value;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
+
 	if (value == hba->clk_gating.is_enabled)
-		goto out;
+		return count;
 
 	if (value)
 		__ufshcd_release(hba);
@@ -2088,8 +2084,7 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkgate_enable_store(struct device *dev,
 		hba->clk_gating.active_reqs++;
 
 	hba->clk_gating.is_enabled = value;
-out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -2131,6 +2126,8 @@ static void ufshcd_init_clk_gating(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&hba->clk_gating.gate_work, ufshcd_gate_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&hba->clk_gating.ungate_work, ufshcd_ungate_work);
 
+	spin_lock_init(&hba->clk_gating.lock);
+
 	hba->clk_gating.clk_gating_workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
 		"ufs_clk_gating_%d", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI,
 		hba->host->host_no);
@@ -9162,7 +9159,6 @@ static int ufshcd_setup_clocks(struct ufs_hba *hba, bool on)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ufs_clk_info *clki;
 	struct list_head *head = &hba->clk_list_head;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	ktime_t start = ktime_get();
 	bool clk_state_changed = false;
 
@@ -9213,11 +9209,10 @@ static int ufshcd_setup_clocks(struct ufs_hba *hba, bool on)
 				clk_disable_unprepare(clki->clk);
 		}
 	} else if (!ret && on) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-		hba->clk_gating.state = CLKS_ON;
+		scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &hba->clk_gating.lock)
+			hba->clk_gating.state = CLKS_ON;
 		trace_ufshcd_clk_gating(dev_name(hba->dev),
 					hba->clk_gating.state);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	if (clk_state_changed)
diff --git a/include/ufs/ufshcd.h b/include/ufs/ufshcd.h
index d7aca9e61684..b6311069d901 100644
--- a/include/ufs/ufshcd.h
+++ b/include/ufs/ufshcd.h
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ enum clk_gating_state {
  * delay_ms
  * @ungate_work: worker to turn on clocks that will be used in case of
  * interrupt context
+ * @clk_gating_workq: workqueue for clock gating work.
+ * @lock: serialize access to some struct ufs_clk_gating members. An outer lock
+ * relative to the host lock
  * @state: the current clocks state
  * @delay_ms: gating delay in ms
  * @is_suspended: clk gating is suspended when set to 1 which can be used
@@ -413,11 +416,14 @@ enum clk_gating_state {
  * @is_initialized: Indicates whether clock gating is initialized or not
  * @active_reqs: number of requests that are pending and should be waited for
  * completion before gating clocks.
- * @clk_gating_workq: workqueue for clock gating work.
  */
 struct ufs_clk_gating {
 	struct delayed_work gate_work;
 	struct work_struct ungate_work;
+	struct workqueue_struct *clk_gating_workq;
+
+	spinlock_t lock;
+
 	enum clk_gating_state state;
 	unsigned long delay_ms;
 	bool is_suspended;
@@ -426,7 +432,6 @@ struct ufs_clk_gating {
 	bool is_enabled;
 	bool is_initialized;
 	int active_reqs;
-	struct workqueue_struct *clk_gating_workq;
 };
 
 /**
