1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/pdflush.c b/mm/pdflush.c
index 1c96cfc9e040..9d834aa4b979 100644
--- a/mm/pdflush.c
+++ b/mm/pdflush.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0)
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&pdflush_lock, flags);
         if (list_empty(&pdflush_list)) {
-                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
                 ret = -1;
         } else {
                 struct pdflush_work *pdf;
@@ -219,8 +218,9 @@ int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0)
                 pdf->fn = fn;
                 pdf->arg0 = arg0;
                 wake_up_process(pdf->who);
-                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
         }
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
+
         return ret;
 }