1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 261322722c19..97852099defd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3359,9 +3359,9 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
         disk->queue = mddev->queue;
         add_disk(disk);
         mddev->gendisk = disk;
-        mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
         error = kobject_init_and_add(&mddev->kobj, &md_ktype, &disk->dev.kobj,
                                      "%s", "md");
+        mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
         if (error)
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot register %s/md - name in use\n",
                        disk->disk_name);