1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
index 1e5ff803d9a..222a23e838d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ void acpi_ns_delete_namespace_subtree(struct acpi_namespace_node *parent_node)
 {
         struct acpi_namespace_node *child_node = NULL;
         u32 level = 1;
+        acpi_status status;
 
         ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_delete_namespace_subtree);
 
@@ -348,6 +349,13 @@ void acpi_ns_delete_namespace_subtree(struct acpi_namespace_node *parent_node)
                 return_VOID;
         }
 
+        /* Lock namespace for possible update */
+
+        status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
+        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+                return_VOID;
+        }
+
         /*
          * Traverse the tree of objects until we bubble back up
          * to where we started.
@@ -397,6 +405,7 @@ void acpi_ns_delete_namespace_subtree(struct acpi_namespace_node *parent_node)
                 }
         }
 
+        (void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
         return_VOID;
 }