1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/write.c b/fs/jffs2/write.c
index 665fce9797d3..87891bdd7915 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/write.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/write.c
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ int jffs2_do_create(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *dir_f, str
         ret = jffs2_reserve_space(c, sizeof(*ri), &alloclen, ALLOC_NORMAL,
                                 JFFS2_SUMMARY_INODE_SIZE);
         D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_do_create(): reserved 0x%x bytes\n", alloclen));
-        if (ret) {
-                mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
+        if (ret)
                 return ret;
-        }
+
+        mutex_lock(&f->sem);
 
         ri->data_crc = cpu_to_je32(0);
         ri->node_crc = cpu_to_je32(crc32(0, ri, sizeof(*ri)-8));