diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
index 663043c8f0f5710244cb4bc787a8cd19fc076b50..0acc8dee2cb8d3ba99ebcef8af507b91021523ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_parser_init(struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p, union drm_amdgpu_cs
 		goto free_chunk;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&p->ctx->lock);
+
 	/* skip guilty context job */
 	if (atomic_read(&p->ctx->guilty) == 1) {
 		ret = -ECANCELED;
 		goto free_chunk;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&p->ctx->lock);
-
 	/* get chunks */
 	chunk_array_user = u64_to_user_ptr(cs->in.chunks);
 	if (copy_from_user(chunk_array, chunk_array_user,