1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
index aca36dec6746..6616e6570557 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_ioctl2);
 static int get_index(struct video_device *vdev, int num)
 {
         u32 used = 0;
-        const unsigned max_index = sizeof(used) * 8 - 1;
+        const int max_index = sizeof(used) * 8 - 1;
         int i;
 
         /* Currently a single v4l driver instance cannot create more than
@@ -2145,14 +2145,15 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
         vfd->minor=i;
 
         ret = get_index(vfd, index);
+        vfd->index = ret;
+
+        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
+
         if (ret < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: get_index failed\n", __func__);
                 goto fail_minor;
         }
 
-        vfd->index = ret;
-
-        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
         mutex_init(&vfd->lock);
 
         /* sysfs class */