1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
index 3e6a8ff6d76c..b25675faaaf5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -1155,11 +1156,11 @@ static unsigned int ib_ucm_poll(struct file *filp,
         return mask;
 }
 
-/* No BKL needed here: no global resources used */
 static int ib_ucm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
         struct ib_ucm_file *file;
 
+        cycle_kernel_lock();
         file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!file)
                 return -ENOMEM;