diff --git a/mt7925/mcu.c b/mt7925/mcu.c
index bd38807e4..5484454a8 100644
--- a/mt7925/mcu.c
+++ b/mt7925/mcu.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,8 @@ int mt7925_mcu_uni_bss_ps(struct mt792x_dev *dev,
 		},
 	};
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->mt76.mutex);
+
 	if (link_conf->vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -2029,6 +2031,8 @@ int mt7925_mcu_sta_update(struct mt792x_dev *dev,
 	struct mt792x_sta *msta;
 	struct mt792x_link_sta *mlink;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->mt76.mutex);
+
 	if (link_sta) {
 		msta = (struct mt792x_sta *)link_sta->sta->drv_priv;
 		mlink = mt792x_sta_to_link(msta, link_sta->link_id);
@@ -2835,6 +2839,8 @@ int mt7925_mcu_add_bss_info(struct mt792x_phy *phy,
 	struct mt792x_link_sta *mlink_bc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->mt76.mutex);
+
 	skb = __mt7925_mcu_alloc_bss_req(&dev->mt76, &mconf->mt76,
 					 MT7925_BSS_UPDATE_MAX_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(skb))