diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 32db84683c40..157505b0f755 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int tpm_try_get_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	if (!chip->ops)
 		goto out_lock;
 
+	mutex_lock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
 	return 0;
 out_lock:
 	up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_try_get_ops);
  */
 void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
+	mutex_unlock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
 	up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
 	put_device(&chip->dev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
index c7dc54930576..582caefcf19b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-dev-common.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ static ssize_t tpm_dev_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	struct tpm_header *header = (void *)buf;
 	ssize_t ret, len;
 
-	mutex_lock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
 	ret = tpm2_prepare_space(chip, space, buf, bufsiz);
 	/* If the command is not implemented by the TPM, synthesize a
 	 * response with a TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE return for user-space.
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_dev_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_lock;
 
-	len = tpm_transmit(chip, buf, bufsiz, TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+	len = tpm_transmit(chip, buf, bufsiz, 0);
 	if (len < 0)
 		ret = len;
 
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ static ssize_t tpm_dev_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	else
 		ret = tpm2_commit_space(chip, space, buf, &len);
 out_lock:
-	mutex_unlock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
 	return ret ? ret : len;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 8d75c103f280..5865b9671d20 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -227,10 +227,6 @@ ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t bufsiz,
 	memcpy(save, buf, save_size);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		if (!(flags & TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED) &&
-		    !(flags & TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED))
-			mutex_lock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
-
 		if (chip->ops->clk_enable != NULL)
 			chip->ops->clk_enable(chip, true);
 
@@ -257,10 +253,6 @@ ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t bufsiz,
 		if (chip->ops->clk_enable != NULL)
 			chip->ops->clk_enable(chip, false);
 
-		if (!(flags & TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED) &&
-		    !(flags & TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED))
-			mutex_unlock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
-
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 		rc = be32_to_cpu(header->return_code);
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index 10a5bcf806aa..c7c06de651a0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -488,14 +488,10 @@ extern struct idr dev_nums_idr;
 /**
  * enum tpm_transmit_flags - flags for tpm_transmit()
  *
- * @TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED:	do not lock the chip
- * @TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED:	discard setup steps (power management,
- *				locality) including locking (i.e. implicit
- *				UNLOCKED)
+ * %TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED:	discard setup steps (power management, locality)
  */
 enum tpm_transmit_flags {
-	TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED	= BIT(0),
-	TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED      = BIT(1),
+	TPM_TRANSMIT_NESTED      = BIT(0),
 };
 
 ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t bufsiz,
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
index f2b0e5c52a57..d6abc964ef66 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
@@ -652,17 +652,12 @@ int tpm2_unseal_trusted(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 	u32 blob_handle;
 	int rc;
 
-	mutex_lock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
-	rc = tpm2_load_cmd(chip, payload, options, &blob_handle,
-			   TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+	rc = tpm2_load_cmd(chip, payload, options, &blob_handle, 0);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+		return rc;
 
-	rc = tpm2_unseal_cmd(chip, payload, options, blob_handle,
-			     TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
-	tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, blob_handle, TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&chip->tpm_mutex);
+	rc = tpm2_unseal_cmd(chip, payload, options, blob_handle, 0);
+	tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, blob_handle, 0);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
index 46a58fda8cf5..ced1dc91ba6f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ static void tpm2_flush_sessions(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(space->session_tbl); i++) {
 		if (space->session_tbl[i])
-			tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->session_tbl[i],
-					       TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+			tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->session_tbl[i], 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ static int tpm2_load_context(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf,
 	body_size = sizeof(*ctx) + be16_to_cpu(ctx->blob_size);
 	tpm_buf_append(&tbuf, &buf[*offset], body_size);
 
-	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tbuf, 4, TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED, NULL);
+	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tbuf, 4, 0, NULL);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: failed with a system error %d\n",
 			 __func__, rc);
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ static int tpm2_save_context(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 handle, u8 *buf,
 
 	tpm_buf_append_u32(&tbuf, handle);
 
-	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tbuf, 0, TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED, NULL);
+	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &tbuf, 0, 0, NULL);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: failed with a system error %d\n",
 			 __func__, rc);
@@ -167,8 +166,7 @@ void tpm2_flush_space(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(space->context_tbl); i++)
 		if (space->context_tbl[i] && ~space->context_tbl[i])
-			tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->context_tbl[i],
-					       TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+			tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->context_tbl[i], 0);
 
 	tpm2_flush_sessions(chip, space);
 }
@@ -417,7 +415,7 @@ static int tpm2_map_response_header(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 cc, u8 *rsp,
 
 	return 0;
 out_no_slots:
-	tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, phandle, TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+	tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, phandle, 0);
 	dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: out of slots for 0x%08X\n", __func__,
 		 phandle);
 	return -ENOMEM;
@@ -504,8 +502,7 @@ static int tpm2_save_space(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 		} else if (rc)
 			return rc;
 
-		tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->context_tbl[i],
-				       TPM_TRANSMIT_UNLOCKED);
+		tpm2_flush_context_cmd(chip, space->context_tbl[i], 0);
 		space->context_tbl[i] = ~0;
 	}
 
