1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
index da47e457e158..6417a26df8d8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
@@ -3355,11 +3355,11 @@ ssize_t vmci_qpair_dequev(struct vmci_qp *qpair,
 {
         ssize_t result;
 
-        qp_lock(qpair);
-
         if (!qpair || !iov)
                 return VMCI_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS;
 
+        qp_lock(qpair);
+
         do {
                 result = qp_dequeue_locked(qpair->produce_q,
                                            qpair->consume_q,