1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 7ba7c3abd3a4..1203dc5ab87a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -134,19 +134,21 @@ static __cpuinit int thermal_throttle_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         int err;
 
         sys_dev = get_cpu_sysdev(cpu);
-        mutex_lock(&therm_cpu_lock);
         switch (action) {
         case CPU_ONLINE:
         case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
+                mutex_lock(&therm_cpu_lock);
                 err = thermal_throttle_add_dev(sys_dev);
+                mutex_unlock(&therm_cpu_lock);
                 WARN_ON(err);
                 break;
         case CPU_DEAD:
         case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
+                mutex_lock(&therm_cpu_lock);
                 thermal_throttle_remove_dev(sys_dev);
+                mutex_unlock(&therm_cpu_lock);
                 break;
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&therm_cpu_lock);
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }