1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 26564094e33..aec9311b108 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -242,25 +242,24 @@ static const struct file_operations iio_event_chrdev_fileops = {
 
 static int iio_event_getfd(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
+        struct iio_event_interface *ev_int = indio_dev->event_interface;
         int fd;
 
-        if (indio_dev->event_interface == NULL)
+        if (ev_int == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        mutex_lock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
-        if (test_and_set_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS,
-                             &indio_dev->event_interface->flags)) {
-                mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+        mutex_lock(&ev_int->event_list_lock);
+        if (test_and_set_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS, &ev_int->flags)) {
+                mutex_unlock(&ev_int->event_list_lock);
                 return -EBUSY;
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+        mutex_unlock(&ev_int->event_list_lock);
         fd = anon_inode_getfd("iio:event",
-                                &iio_event_chrdev_fileops,
-                                indio_dev->event_interface, O_RDONLY);
+                                &iio_event_chrdev_fileops, ev_int, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-                mutex_lock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+                mutex_lock(&ev_int->event_list_lock);
                 clear_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS, &ev_int->flags);
-                mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->event_interface->event_list_lock);
+                mutex_unlock(&ev_int->event_list_lock);
         }
         return fd;
 }