diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 748ac489ef7e..bc26b5511f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -1941,8 +1941,18 @@ static void binder_free_txn_fixups(struct binder_transaction *t)
 
 static void binder_free_transaction(struct binder_transaction *t)
 {
-	if (t->buffer)
-		t->buffer->transaction = NULL;
+	struct binder_proc *target_proc = t->to_proc;
+
+	if (target_proc) {
+		binder_inner_proc_lock(target_proc);
+		if (t->buffer)
+			t->buffer->transaction = NULL;
+		binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * If the transaction has no target_proc, then
+	 * t->buffer->transaction has already been cleared.
+	 */
 	binder_free_txn_fixups(t);
 	kfree(t);
 	binder_stats_deleted(BINDER_STAT_TRANSACTION);
@@ -3551,10 +3561,12 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 static void
 binder_free_buf(struct binder_proc *proc, struct binder_buffer *buffer)
 {
+	binder_inner_proc_lock(proc);
 	if (buffer->transaction) {
 		buffer->transaction->buffer = NULL;
 		buffer->transaction = NULL;
 	}
+	binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc);
 	if (buffer->async_transaction && buffer->target_node) {
 		struct binder_node *buf_node;
 		struct binder_work *w;