diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
index 7f32547f94b2..c62dbd6420db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
@@ -145,13 +145,16 @@ int xe_guc_ct_init(struct xe_guc_ct *ct)
 
 	xe_assert(xe, !(guc_ct_size() % PAGE_SIZE));
 
-	drmm_mutex_init(&xe->drm, &ct->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&ct->fast_lock);
 	xa_init(&ct->fence_lookup);
 	INIT_WORK(&ct->g2h_worker, g2h_worker_func);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ct->wq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ct->g2h_fence_wq);
 
+	err = drmm_mutex_init(&xe->drm, &ct->lock);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	primelockdep(ct);
 
 	bo = xe_managed_bo_create_pin_map(xe, tile, guc_ct_size(),