diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
index 77eaa9a2fd15..f15f459e9df0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
@@ -280,13 +280,12 @@ static struct sdei_event *sdei_event_create(u32 event_num,
 	return event;
 }
 
-static void sdei_event_destroy(struct sdei_event *event)
+static void sdei_event_destroy_llocked(struct sdei_event *event)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&sdei_events_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&sdei_list_lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&sdei_list_lock);
 	list_del(&event->list);
-	spin_unlock(&sdei_list_lock);
 
 	if (event->type == SDEI_EVENT_TYPE_SHARED)
 		kfree(event->registered);
@@ -296,6 +295,13 @@ static void sdei_event_destroy(struct sdei_event *event)
 	kfree(event);
 }
 
+static void sdei_event_destroy(struct sdei_event *event)
+{
+	spin_lock(&sdei_list_lock);
+	sdei_event_destroy_llocked(event);
+	spin_unlock(&sdei_list_lock);
+}
+
 static int sdei_api_get_version(u64 *version)
 {
 	return invoke_sdei_fn(SDEI_1_0_FN_SDEI_VERSION, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, version);
@@ -643,16 +649,17 @@ int sdei_event_register(u32 event_num, sdei_event_callback *cb, void *arg)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdei_event_register);
 
-static int sdei_reregister_event(struct sdei_event *event)
+static int sdei_reregister_event_llocked(struct sdei_event *event)
 {
 	int err;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&sdei_events_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&sdei_list_lock);
 
 	err = _sdei_event_register(event);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("Failed to re-register event %u\n", event->event_num);
-		sdei_event_destroy(event);
+		sdei_event_destroy_llocked(event);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -681,7 +688,7 @@ static int sdei_reregister_shared(void)
 			continue;
 
 		if (event->reregister) {
-			err = sdei_reregister_event(event);
+			err = sdei_reregister_event_llocked(event);
 			if (err)
 				break;
 		}