diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
index 2d67ec54569a..779583447eac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -1437,17 +1437,13 @@ int v4l2_subdev_link_validate(struct media_link *link)
 
 	states_locked = sink_state && source_state;
 
-	if (states_locked) {
-		v4l2_subdev_lock_state(sink_state);
-		v4l2_subdev_lock_state(source_state);
-	}
+	if (states_locked)
+		v4l2_subdev_lock_states(sink_state, source_state);
 
 	ret = v4l2_subdev_link_validate_locked(link, states_locked);
 
-	if (states_locked) {
-		v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(sink_state);
-		v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(source_state);
-	}
+	if (states_locked)
+		v4l2_subdev_unlock_states(sink_state, source_state);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
index 1af16b16f0bf..e22c50ce7e05 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
@@ -1724,6 +1724,46 @@ static inline void v4l2_subdev_unlock_state(struct v4l2_subdev_state *state)
 	mutex_unlock(state->lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * v4l2_subdev_lock_states - Lock two sub-device states
+ * @state1: One subdevice state
+ * @state2: The other subdevice state
+ *
+ * Locks the state of two sub-devices.
+ *
+ * The states must be unlocked with v4l2_subdev_unlock_states() after use.
+ *
+ * This differs from calling v4l2_subdev_lock_state() on both states so that if
+ * the states share the same lock, the lock is acquired only once (so no
+ * deadlock occurs). The caller is responsible for ensuring the locks will
+ * always be acquired in the same order.
+ */
+static inline void v4l2_subdev_lock_states(struct v4l2_subdev_state *state1,
+					   struct v4l2_subdev_state *state2)
+{
+	mutex_lock(state1->lock);
+	if (state1->lock != state2->lock)
+		mutex_lock(state2->lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v4l2_subdev_unlock_states() - Unlock two sub-device states
+ * @state1: One subdevice state
+ * @state2: The other subdevice state
+ *
+ * Unlocks the state of two sub-devices.
+ *
+ * This differs from calling v4l2_subdev_unlock_state() on both states so that
+ * if the states share the same lock, the lock is released only once.
+ */
+static inline void v4l2_subdev_unlock_states(struct v4l2_subdev_state *state1,
+					     struct v4l2_subdev_state *state2)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(state1->lock);
+	if (state1->lock != state2->lock)
+		mutex_unlock(state2->lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * v4l2_subdev_get_unlocked_active_state() - Checks that the active subdev state
  *					     is unlocked and returns it