1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
index bad3452ea893..0f047d42158f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
@@ -3164,12 +3164,12 @@ static void bcm43xx_periodic_work_handler(void *d)
         u32 savedirqs = 0;
         int badness;
 
+        mutex_lock(&bcm->mutex);
         badness = estimate_periodic_work_badness(bcm->periodic_state);
         if (badness > BADNESS_LIMIT) {
                 /* Periodic work will take a long time, so we want it to
                  * be preemtible.
                  */
-                mutex_lock(&bcm->mutex);
                 netif_tx_disable(bcm->net_dev);
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&bcm->irq_lock, flags);
                 bcm43xx_mac_suspend(bcm);
@@ -3182,7 +3182,6 @@ static void bcm43xx_periodic_work_handler(void *d)
                 /* Periodic work should take short time, so we want low
                  * locking overhead.
                  */
-                mutex_lock(&bcm->mutex);
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&bcm->irq_lock, flags);
         }