1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 975cb647da10..45e2cdf54736 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 {
         struct list_head   *item;
         struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
-        int res = 0;
-
-        mutex_lock(&core_lists);
+        int res;
 
         /* add the driver to the list of i2c drivers in the driver core */
         driver->driver.owner = owner;
@@ -298,8 +296,10 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 
         res = driver_register(&driver->driver);
         if (res)
-                goto out_unlock;
+                return res;
         
+        mutex_lock(&core_lists);
+
         list_add_tail(&driver->list,&drivers);
         pr_debug("i2c-core: driver [%s] registered\n", driver->driver.name);
 
@@ -311,9 +311,8 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
                 }
         }
 
- out_unlock:
         mutex_unlock(&core_lists);
-        return res;
+        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_register_driver);