1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 8ef74e7b3b91..4d17777110ed 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -286,12 +286,12 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
         if (rdata)
                 memset(rdata, 0, rdata_len);
 
+        mutex_lock(&ec->lock);
         if (ec->global_lock) {
                 status = acpi_acquire_global_lock(ACPI_EC_UDELAY_GLK, &glk);
                 if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
                         return -ENODEV;
         }
-        mutex_lock(&ec->lock);
 
         /* Make sure GPE is enabled before doing transaction */
         acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
                                               rdata, rdata_len);
 
 end:
-        mutex_unlock(&ec->lock);
 
         if (ec->global_lock)
                 acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
+        mutex_unlock(&ec->lock);
 
         return status;
 }