diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
index 2369b8af81f3..97ca4ed4ce0c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
@@ -2934,7 +2934,6 @@ static void protection_domain_free(struct protection_domain *domain)
 static int protection_domain_init(struct protection_domain *domain)
 {
 	spin_lock_init(&domain->lock);
-	mutex_init(&domain->api_lock);
 	domain->id = domain_id_alloc();
 	if (!domain->id)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3121,9 +3120,7 @@ static int amd_iommu_map(struct iommu_domain *dom, unsigned long iova,
 	if (iommu_prot & IOMMU_WRITE)
 		prot |= IOMMU_PROT_IW;
 
-	mutex_lock(&domain->api_lock);
 	ret = iommu_map_page(domain, iova, paddr, page_size, prot, GFP_KERNEL);
-	mutex_unlock(&domain->api_lock);
 
 	domain_flush_np_cache(domain, iova, page_size);
 
@@ -3135,16 +3132,11 @@ static size_t amd_iommu_unmap(struct iommu_domain *dom, unsigned long iova,
 			      struct iommu_iotlb_gather *gather)
 {
 	struct protection_domain *domain = to_pdomain(dom);
-	size_t unmap_size;
 
 	if (domain->mode == PAGE_MODE_NONE)
 		return 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&domain->api_lock);
-	unmap_size = iommu_unmap_page(domain, iova, page_size);
-	mutex_unlock(&domain->api_lock);
-
-	return unmap_size;
+	return iommu_unmap_page(domain, iova, page_size);
 }
 
 static phys_addr_t amd_iommu_iova_to_phys(struct iommu_domain *dom,
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_types.h b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_types.h
index c9c1612d52e0..becbd3bd9180 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_types.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_types.h
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ struct protection_domain {
 	struct iommu_domain domain; /* generic domain handle used by
 				       iommu core code */
 	spinlock_t lock;	/* mostly used to lock the page table*/
-	struct mutex api_lock;	/* protect page tables in the iommu-api path */
 	u16 id;			/* the domain id written to the device table */
 	int mode;		/* paging mode (0-6 levels) */
 	u64 *pt_root;		/* page table root pointer */