1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 6a06a1d1ea7b..0d09f6c6efab 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -111,20 +111,20 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
         if (!sd)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
         error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
         if (error)
-                return error;
+                goto out;
 
         iattr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE; /* ignore size changes */
 
         error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
         if (error)
-                return error;
+                goto out;
 
-        mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
         error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
+out:
         mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
         return error;
 }