diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 9e57f4c62e60..f1962866bb81 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1239,17 +1239,17 @@ static void pinctrl_link_add(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 static int pinctrl_commit_state(struct pinctrl *p, struct pinctrl_state *state)
 {
 	struct pinctrl_setting *setting, *setting2;
-	struct pinctrl_state *old_state = p->state;
+	struct pinctrl_state *old_state = READ_ONCE(p->state);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (p->state) {
+	if (old_state) {
 		/*
 		 * For each pinmux setting in the old state, forget SW's record
 		 * of mux owner for that pingroup. Any pingroups which are
 		 * still owned by the new state will be re-acquired by the call
 		 * to pinmux_enable_setting() in the loop below.
 		 */
-		list_for_each_entry(setting, &p->state->settings, node) {
+		list_for_each_entry(setting, &old_state->settings, node) {
 			if (setting->type != PIN_MAP_TYPE_MUX_GROUP)
 				continue;
 			pinmux_disable_setting(setting);