tegra_tsensor_get_hw_channel_trips(tzd, &hot_trip, &crit_trip);
 
-       /* prevent potential racing with tegra_tsensor_set_trips() */
-       mutex_lock(&tzd->lock);
-
        dev_info_once(ts->dev, "ch%u: PMC emergency shutdown trip set to %dC\n",
                      id, DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(crit_trip, 1000));
 
        val |= FIELD_PREP(TSENSOR_SENSOR0_CONFIG0_INTR_THERMAL_RST_EN, 1);
        writel_relaxed(val, tsc->regs + TSENSOR_SENSOR0_CONFIG0);
 
-       mutex_unlock(&tzd->lock);
-
        err = thermal_zone_device_enable(tzd);
        if (err) {
                dev_err(ts->dev, "ch%u: failed to enable zone: %d\n", id, err);
                        return err;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Enable the channels before setting the interrupt so
+        * set_trips() can not be called while we are setting up the
+        * register TSENSOR_SENSOR0_CONFIG1. With this we close a
+        * potential race window where we are setting up the TH2 and
+        * the temperature hits TH1 resulting to an update of the
+        * TSENSOR_SENSOR0_CONFIG1 register in the ISR.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ts->ch); i++) {
+               err = tegra_tsensor_enable_hw_channel(ts, i);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       }
+
        err = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, NULL,
                                        tegra_tsensor_isr, IRQF_ONESHOT,
                                        "tegra_tsensor", ts);
                return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, err,
                                     "failed to request interrupt\n");
 
-       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ts->ch); i++) {
-               err = tegra_tsensor_enable_hw_channel(ts, i);
-               if (err)
-                       return err;
-       }
-
        return 0;
 }