1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 96fe0ecae25..3852430d026 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
-
         memcpy(dvbdev, template, sizeof(struct dvb_device));
         dvbdev->type = type;
         dvbdev->id = id;
@@ -231,6 +229,8 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 
         list_add_tail (&dvbdev->list_head, &adap->device_list);
 
+        mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
+
         devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id)),
                         S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
                         "dvb/adapter%d/%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);