diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index 4b1afb131380..85fed108d7e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ nouveau_bo_move_m2mf(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, int evict, bool intr,
 	struct ttm_mem_reg *old_mem = &bo->mem;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&chan->cli->mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&chan->cli->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	/* create temporary vmas for the transfer and attach them to the
 	 * old nouveau_mem node, these will get cleaned up after ttm has
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index 708b2d1c0037..61fdef8eac49 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -524,9 +524,12 @@ nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 	struct nouveau_page_flip_state *s;
 	struct nouveau_channel *chan = NULL;
 	struct nouveau_fence *fence;
-	struct list_head res;
-	struct ttm_validate_buffer res_val[2];
+	struct ttm_validate_buffer resv[2] = {
+		{ .bo = &old_bo->bo },
+		{ .bo = &new_bo->bo },
+	};
 	struct ww_acquire_ctx ticket;
+	LIST_HEAD(res);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!drm->channel)
@@ -545,27 +548,19 @@ nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 		chan = drm->channel;
 	spin_unlock(&old_bo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 
-	mutex_lock(&chan->cli->mutex);
-
 	if (new_bo != old_bo) {
 		ret = nouveau_bo_pin(new_bo, TTM_PL_FLAG_VRAM);
-		if (likely(!ret)) {
-			res_val[0].bo = &old_bo->bo;
-			res_val[1].bo = &new_bo->bo;
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res);
-			list_add_tail(&res_val[0].head, &res);
-			list_add_tail(&res_val[1].head, &res);
-			ret = ttm_eu_reserve_buffers(&ticket, &res);
-			if (ret)
-				nouveau_bo_unpin(new_bo);
-		}
-	} else
-		ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&new_bo->bo, false, false, false, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			goto fail_free;
 
-	if (ret) {
-		mutex_unlock(&chan->cli->mutex);
-		goto fail_free;
+		list_add(&resv[1].head, &res);
 	}
+	list_add(&resv[0].head, &res);
+
+	mutex_lock(&chan->cli->mutex);
+	ret = ttm_eu_reserve_buffers(&ticket, &res);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail_unpin;
 
 	/* Initialize a page flip struct */
 	*s = (struct nouveau_page_flip_state)
@@ -576,10 +571,8 @@ nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 	/* Emit a page flip */
 	if (nv_device(drm->device)->card_type >= NV_50) {
 		ret = nv50_display_flip_next(crtc, fb, chan, 0);
-		if (ret) {
-			mutex_unlock(&chan->cli->mutex);
+		if (ret)
 			goto fail_unreserve;
-		}
 	}
 
 	ret = nouveau_page_flip_emit(chan, old_bo, new_bo, s, &fence);
@@ -590,22 +583,18 @@ nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 	/* Update the crtc struct and cleanup */
 	crtc->fb = fb;
 
-	if (old_bo != new_bo) {
-		ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(&ticket, &res, fence);
+	ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(&ticket, &res, fence);
+	if (old_bo != new_bo)
 		nouveau_bo_unpin(old_bo);
-	} else {
-		nouveau_bo_fence(new_bo, fence);
-		ttm_bo_unreserve(&new_bo->bo);
-	}
 	nouveau_fence_unref(&fence);
 	return 0;
 
 fail_unreserve:
-	if (old_bo != new_bo) {
-		ttm_eu_backoff_reservation(&ticket, &res);
+	ttm_eu_backoff_reservation(&ticket, &res);
+fail_unpin:
+	mutex_unlock(&chan->cli->mutex);
+	if (old_bo != new_bo)
 		nouveau_bo_unpin(new_bo);
-	} else
-		ttm_bo_unreserve(&new_bo->bo);
 fail_free:
 	kfree(s);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 218a4b522fe5..4eca52b8d573 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ static int nouveau_drm_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct lock_class_key drm_client_lock_class_key;
-
 static int
 nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -297,7 +295,6 @@ nouveau_drm_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	ret = nouveau_cli_create(pdev, "DRM", sizeof(*drm), (void**)&drm);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	lockdep_set_class(&drm->client.mutex, &drm_client_lock_class_key);
 
 	dev->dev_private = drm;
 	drm->dev = dev;