1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 4ef698549e31..072fee1258dd 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -298,18 +298,18 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
-        if (error) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                return error;
-        }
+        if (error)
+                goto out;
 
         error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name);
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
         if (!error) {
                 fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
                 evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
         }
+
+out:
+        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_removexattr);