diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
index b21ef244ad3e16..a9b33c47310dfe 100644
--- a/include/media/media-device.h
+++ b/include/media/media-device.h
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ struct media_entity_notify {
  * @enable_source: Enable Source Handler function pointer
  * @disable_source: Disable Source Handler function pointer
  *
- * @link_notify: Link state change notification callback
+ * @link_notify: Link state change notification callback. This callback is
+ *		 called with the graph_mutex held.
  *
  * This structure represents an abstract high-level media device. It allows easy
  * access to entities and provides basic media device-level support. The
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index e0295eefd70212..cbb266f7f2b5bf 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ struct media_pad {
  * @link_validate:	Return whether a link is valid from the entity point of
  *			view. The media_entity_pipeline_start() function
  *			validates all links by calling this operation. Optional.
+ *
+ * Note: Those these callbacks are called with struct media_device.@graph_mutex
+ * mutex held.
  */
 struct media_entity_operations {
 	int (*link_setup)(struct media_entity *entity,