diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
index 16066d7763ec..7dd846380a50 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
@@ -500,10 +500,13 @@ static void hdmi_print_eld_info(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 		[4 ... 7] = "reserved"
 	};
 
+	mutex_lock(&eld->lock);
 	snd_iprintf(buffer, "monitor_present\t\t%d\n", eld->monitor_present);
 	snd_iprintf(buffer, "eld_valid\t\t%d\n", eld->eld_valid);
-	if (!eld->eld_valid)
+	if (!eld->eld_valid) {
+		mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 		return;
+	}
 	snd_iprintf(buffer, "monitor_name\t\t%s\n", e->monitor_name);
 	snd_iprintf(buffer, "connection_type\t\t%s\n",
 				eld_connection_type_names[e->conn_type]);
@@ -525,6 +528,7 @@ static void hdmi_print_eld_info(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < e->sad_count; i++)
 		hdmi_print_sad_info(i, e->sad + i, buffer);
+	mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 }
 
 static void hdmi_write_eld_info(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
@@ -538,6 +542,7 @@ static void hdmi_write_eld_info(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 	long long val;
 	unsigned int n;
 
+	mutex_lock(&eld->lock);
 	while (!snd_info_get_line(buffer, line, sizeof(line))) {
 		if (sscanf(line, "%s %llx", name, &val) != 2)
 			continue;
@@ -589,6 +594,7 @@ static void hdmi_write_eld_info(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
 				e->sad_count = n + 1;
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h b/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h
index 363cd487266b..83b7486c8eff 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ struct hdmi_eld {
 	int	eld_size;
 	char    eld_buffer[ELD_MAX_SIZE];
 	struct parsed_hdmi_eld info;
+	struct mutex lock;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct snd_info_entry *proc_entry;
 #endif
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 1e381918eb82..e77735d804a3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct hdmi_spec {
 	struct hda_pcm pcm_rec[MAX_HDMI_PINS];
 	unsigned int channels_max; /* max over all cvts */
 
+	struct hdmi_eld temp_eld;
 	/*
 	 * Non-generic ATI/NVIDIA specific
 	 */
@@ -352,7 +353,9 @@ static int hdmi_eld_ctl_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	pin_idx = kcontrol->private_value;
 	eld = &spec->pins[pin_idx].sink_eld;
 
+	mutex_lock(&eld->lock);
 	uinfo->count = eld->eld_valid ? eld->eld_size : 0;
+	mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -368,7 +371,9 @@ static int hdmi_eld_ctl_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	pin_idx = kcontrol->private_value;
 	eld = &spec->pins[pin_idx].sink_eld;
 
+	mutex_lock(&eld->lock);
 	if (eld->eld_size > ARRAY_SIZE(ucontrol->value.bytes.data)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 		snd_BUG();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -378,6 +383,7 @@ static int hdmi_eld_ctl_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	if (eld->eld_valid)
 		memcpy(ucontrol->value.bytes.data, eld->eld_buffer,
 		       eld->eld_size);
+	mutex_unlock(&eld->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1164,7 +1170,9 @@ static int hdmi_read_pin_conn(struct hda_codec *codec, int pin_idx)
 static void hdmi_present_sense(struct hdmi_spec_per_pin *per_pin, int repoll)
 {
 	struct hda_codec *codec = per_pin->codec;
-	struct hdmi_eld *eld = &per_pin->sink_eld;
+	struct hdmi_spec *spec = codec->spec;
+	struct hdmi_eld *eld = &spec->temp_eld;
+	struct hdmi_eld *pin_eld = &per_pin->sink_eld;
 	hda_nid_t pin_nid = per_pin->pin_nid;
 	/*
 	 * Always execute a GetPinSense verb here, even when called from
@@ -1175,38 +1183,56 @@ static void hdmi_present_sense(struct hdmi_spec_per_pin *per_pin, int repoll)
 	 * the unsolicited response to avoid custom WARs.
 	 */
 	int present = snd_hda_pin_sense(codec, pin_nid);
-	bool eld_valid = false;
+	bool update_eld = false;
+	bool eld_changed = false;
 
-	eld->monitor_present	= !!(present & AC_PINSENSE_PRESENCE);
-	if (eld->monitor_present)
-		eld_valid	= !!(present & AC_PINSENSE_ELDV);
+	pin_eld->monitor_present = !!(present & AC_PINSENSE_PRESENCE);
+	if (pin_eld->monitor_present)
+		eld->eld_valid  = !!(present & AC_PINSENSE_ELDV);
+	else
+		eld->eld_valid = false;
 
 	_snd_printd(SND_PR_VERBOSE,
 		"HDMI status: Codec=%d Pin=%d Presence_Detect=%d ELD_Valid=%d\n",
-		codec->addr, pin_nid, eld->monitor_present, eld_valid);
+		codec->addr, pin_nid, eld->monitor_present, eld->eld_valid);
 
-	eld->eld_valid = false;
-	if (eld_valid) {
+	if (eld->eld_valid) {
 		if (snd_hdmi_get_eld(codec, pin_nid, eld->eld_buffer,
 						     &eld->eld_size) < 0)
-			eld_valid = false;
+			eld->eld_valid = false;
 		else {
 			memset(&eld->info, 0, sizeof(struct parsed_hdmi_eld));
 			if (snd_hdmi_parse_eld(&eld->info, eld->eld_buffer,
 						    eld->eld_size) < 0)
-				eld_valid = false;
+				eld->eld_valid = false;
 		}
 
-		if (eld_valid) {
+		if (eld->eld_valid) {
 			snd_hdmi_show_eld(&eld->info);
-			eld->eld_valid = true;
+			update_eld = true;
 		}
 		else if (repoll) {
 			queue_delayed_work(codec->bus->workq,
 					   &per_pin->work,
 					   msecs_to_jiffies(300));
+			return;
 		}
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&pin_eld->lock);
+	if (pin_eld->eld_valid && !eld->eld_valid)
+		update_eld = true;
+	if (update_eld) {
+		pin_eld->eld_valid = eld->eld_valid;
+		eld_changed = memcmp(pin_eld->eld_buffer, eld->eld_buffer,
+				     eld->eld_size) != 0;
+		if (eld_changed)
+			memcpy(pin_eld->eld_buffer, eld->eld_buffer,
+			       eld->eld_size);
+		pin_eld->eld_size = eld->eld_size;
+		pin_eld->info = eld->info;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&pin_eld->lock);
 }
 
 static void hdmi_repoll_eld(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1674,6 +1700,7 @@ static int generic_hdmi_init_per_pins(struct hda_codec *codec)
 		struct hdmi_eld *eld = &per_pin->sink_eld;
 
 		per_pin->codec = codec;
+		mutex_init(&eld->lock);
 		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&per_pin->work, hdmi_repoll_eld);
 		snd_hda_eld_proc_new(codec, eld, pin_idx);
 	}