1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index de79915452c8..989edcdf0297 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
-        mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
-        free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);
-        mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
+        if (p->ainsn.insn) {
+                free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);
+                p->ainsn.insn = NULL;
+        }
 }
 
 static void __kprobes prepare_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)