1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 212b16edafc..37c3cc1b3dd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -154,19 +154,7 @@ static long rtc_dev_ioctl(struct file *file,
         if (err)
                 goto done;
 
-        /* try the driver's ioctl interface */
-        if (ops->ioctl) {
-                err = ops->ioctl(rtc->dev.parent, cmd, arg);
-                if (err != -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-                        mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
-                        return err;
-                }
-        }
-
-        /* if the driver does not provide the ioctl interface
-         * or if that particular ioctl was not implemented
-         * (-ENOIOCTLCMD), we will try to emulate here.
-         *
+        /*
          * Drivers *SHOULD NOT* provide ioctl implementations
          * for these requests.  Instead, provide methods to
          * support the following code, so that the RTC's main
@@ -329,7 +317,12 @@ static long rtc_dev_ioctl(struct file *file,
                 return err;
 
         default:
-                err = -ENOTTY;
+                /* Finally try the driver's ioctl interface */
+                if (ops->ioctl) {
+                        err = ops->ioctl(rtc->dev.parent, cmd, arg);
+                        if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+                                err = -ENOTTY;
+                }
                 break;
         }