1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index 04250aa16f51..f34b5b29fb95 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ int sync_start(void)
         if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&marked_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
-
         err = task_handoff_register(&task_free_nb);
         if (err)
                 goto out1;
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ int sync_start(void)
         start_cpu_work();
 
 out:
-        mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
         return err;
 out4:
         profile_event_unregister(PROFILE_MUNMAP, &munmap_nb);
@@ -190,14 +187,13 @@ out1:
 
 void sync_stop(void)
 {
-        /* flush buffers */
-        mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
         end_cpu_work();
         unregister_module_notifier(&module_load_nb);
         profile_event_unregister(PROFILE_MUNMAP, &munmap_nb);
         profile_event_unregister(PROFILE_TASK_EXIT, &task_exit_nb);
         task_handoff_unregister(&task_free_nb);
-        mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
+        barrier();                      /* do all of the above first */
+
         flush_cpu_work();
 
         free_all_tasks();