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diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index 4527f09a5c50..fb04a439462c 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -532,6 +532,15 @@ int pwm_apply_state(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
struct pwm_chip *chip;
int err;
+ /*
+ * Some lowlevel driver's implementations of .apply() make use of
+ * mutexes, also with some drivers only returning when the new
+ * configuration is active calling pwm_apply_state() from atomic context
+ * is a bad idea. So make it explicit that calling this function might
+ * sleep.
+ */
+ might_sleep();
+
if (!pwm || !state || !state->period ||
state->duty_cycle > state->period)
return -EINVAL;