IVTV_DEBUG_INFO("base addr: 0x%08x\n", itv->base_addr);
 
+       mutex_lock(&itv->serialize_lock);
+
        /* PCI Device Setup */
        if ((retval = ivtv_setup_pci(itv, dev, pci_id)) != 0) {
                if (retval == -EIO)
                IVTV_ERR("Failed to register irq %d\n", retval);
                goto free_streams;
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&itv->serialize_lock);
        IVTV_INFO("Initialized card #%d: %s\n", itv->num, itv->card_name);
        return 0;
 
                release_mem_region(itv->base_addr + IVTV_DECODER_OFFSET, IVTV_DECODER_SIZE);
       free_workqueue:
        destroy_workqueue(itv->irq_work_queues);
+       mutex_unlock(&itv->serialize_lock);
       err:
        if (retval == 0)
                retval = -ENODEV;
 
 {
        struct osd_info *oi = itv->osd_info;
 
+       mutex_lock(&itv->serialize_lock);
        if (ivtv_init_on_first_open(itv)) {
+               mutex_unlock(&itv->serialize_lock);
                IVTV_FB_ERR("Failed to initialize ivtv\n");
                return -ENXIO;
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&itv->serialize_lock);
 
        ivtv_fb_get_framebuffer(itv, &oi->video_rbase, &oi->video_buffer_size);