1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 9c217255ac49..069a24e64403 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
                 list_del(&s->list);
 
                 if (!__kmem_cache_shutdown(s)) {
+                        mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
                         if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
                                 rcu_barrier();
 
@@ -175,12 +176,14 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
                         kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s);
                 } else {
                         list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
+                        mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
                         printk(KERN_ERR "kmem_cache_destroy %s: Slab cache still has objects\n",
                                 s->name);
                         dump_stack();
                 }
+        } else {
+                mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
         put_online_cpus();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);