diff --git a/drivers/iio/addac/stx104.c b/drivers/iio/addac/stx104.c
index e45b70aa5bb7..4239aafe42fc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/addac/stx104.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/addac/stx104.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
@@ -69,10 +70,12 @@ struct stx104_reg {
 
 /**
  * struct stx104_iio - IIO device private data structure
+ * @lock: synchronization lock to prevent I/O race conditions
  * @chan_out_states:	channels' output states
  * @reg:		I/O address offset for the device registers
  */
 struct stx104_iio {
+	struct mutex lock;
 	unsigned int chan_out_states[STX104_NUM_OUT_CHAN];
 	struct stx104_reg __iomem *reg;
 };
@@ -178,9 +181,12 @@ static int stx104_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 			if ((unsigned int)val > 65535)
 				return -EINVAL;
 
+			mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
+
 			priv->chan_out_states[chan->channel] = val;
 			iowrite16(val, &priv->reg->dac[chan->channel]);
 
+			mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -351,6 +357,8 @@ static int stx104_probe(struct device *dev, unsigned int id)
 
 	indio_dev->name = dev_name(dev);
 
+	mutex_init(&priv->lock);
+
 	/* configure device for software trigger operation */
 	iowrite8(0, &priv->reg->acr);